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title: "UN R/56/7 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/56/7: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2001 — 87 in favour, 1 against, 1 abstaining. The Acting President (spoke in Spanish): We have heard the only speaker in explanation of vote before the vote. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 8 of draft resolution A/56/L.12, as orally revised. Is there any objection to that request? There is none. I shall therefore first put to the vote operative paragraph 8 of draft resolution A/56/L.12, as orally revised. I shall now put to the vote operative paragraph 8of draft resolution A/56/L.12, as orally revised. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/56/7: nan

Voted 2001-11-21 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

87

98%

No

1

1%

Abstain

1

1%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President (spoke in Spanish): We have heard the only speaker in explanation of vote before the vote. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 8 of draft resolution A/56/L.12, as orally revised. Is there any objection to that request? There is none. I shall therefore first put to the vote operative paragraph 8 of draft resolution A/56/L.12, as orally revised. I shall now put to the vote operative paragraph 8of draft resolution A/56/L.12, as orally revised. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

United States

### Notable abstentions

Singapore

## Primary sources

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

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