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title: "UN R/19/595 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/19/595: Economic development. Adopted in 1959 — 56 in favour, 0 against, 21 abstaining. TO ADOPT 3RD COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION VI (A/4250 AND CORR.1 AND 2) FOR THE E.S.C. TO STUDY THE QUESTION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT."
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# R/19/595: ECOSOC, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Voted 1959-11-06 · Economic development

Yes

56

73%

No

0

0%

Abstain

21

27%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 3RD COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION VI (A/4250 AND CORR.1 AND 2) FOR THE E.S.C. TO STUDY THE QUESTION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia

## Primary sources

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

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