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title: "UN R/61/232 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/61/232: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2006 — 79 in favour, 26 against, 48 abstaining. The President: I give the floor to the representative of Myanmar. Mr. Swe (Myanmar): I would like to thank the representative of the European Union for reading out this technical amendment, but I would like to be sure that the text is the same as the one that was adopted by the Third Committee. Therefore, I would like to request the Secretariat to check and verify that that is indeed the case. The President: We have taken note of the request of the representative of Myanmar. We shall now take a decision on draft resolution II, as orally corrected. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/61/232: nan

Voted 2006-12-22 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

79

52%

No

26

17%

Abstain

48

31%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President: I give the floor to the representative of Myanmar. Mr. Swe (Myanmar): I would like to thank the representative of the European Union for reading out this technical amendment, but I would like to be sure that the text is the same as the one that was adopted by the Third Committee. Therefore, I would like to request the Secretariat to check and verify that that is indeed the case. The President: We have taken note of the request of the representative of Myanmar. We shall now take a decision on draft resolution II, as orally corrected. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Congo - Brazzaville, Cuba, Egypt, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Libya, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

### Notable abstentions

Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Eritrea

## Primary sources

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

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