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title: "UN R/54/173 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/54/173: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1999 — 138 in favour, 0 against, 21 abstaining. The President: Draft resolution XVIII is entitled _Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 8 of draft resolution XVIII. I see no objection to that request. I shall therefore first put to the vote operative paragraph 8. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/54/173: nan

Voted 1999-12-17 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

138

87%

No

0

0%

Abstain

21

13%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President: Draft resolution XVIII is entitled \_Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization\<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 8 of draft resolution XVIII. I see no objection to that request. I shall therefore first put to the vote operative paragraph 8. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Egypt, Jamaica, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan

## Primary sources

- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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