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title: "UN R/13/621 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/13/621: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1958 — 52 in favour, 8 against, 19 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4009) ESTABLISHING ON 18-MEMBER AD HOC STUDY COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/567"
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# R/13/621: PEACEFUL USE OF OUTER SPACE

Voted 1958-12-01 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

52

66%

No

8

10%

Abstain

19

24%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4009) ESTABLISHING ON 18-MEMBER AD HOC STUDY COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE.

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma)

## Primary sources

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

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