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title: "UN R/14/442A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/14/442A: Economic development. Rejected in 1959 — 21 in favour, 33 against, 25 abstaining. TO ADOPT U.S.S.R. PROPOSAL TO PROCEED WITH FILLING THE REMAINING SECURITY COUNCIL VACANCY, BUT POSTPONE THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND E.S.C. ELECTIONS TO THE NEXT MEETING."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/579"
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# R/14/442A: SECURITY COUNCIL AND ECOSOC ELECTIONS

Voted 1959-10-06 · Economic development

Yes

21

27%

No

33

42%

Abstain

25

32%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT U.S.S.R. PROPOSAL TO PROCEED WITH FILLING THE REMAINING SECURITY COUNCIL VACANCY, BUT POSTPONE THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND E.S.C. ELECTIONS TO THE NEXT MEETING.

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Ghana, Guinea, Iceland, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Malaysia

## Primary sources

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

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