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title: "UN R/14/612 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/14/612: Economic development. Adopted in 1959 — 47 in favour, 9 against, 22 abstaining. TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION I (A/4256), AS AMENDED BY THE 2 POWER PROPOSAL (A/L.269) REPLACING OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 WITH A TEXT SETTING UP A STUDY COMMITTEE ON THE AMENDING OF THE CHARTER TO EFFECT INCREASED ME"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/596"
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# R/14/612: SECURITY COUNCIL AND ECOSOC ELECTIONS

Voted 1959-11-04 · Economic development

Yes

47

60%

No

9

12%

Abstain

22

28%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION I (A/4256), AS AMENDED BY THE 2 POWER PROPOSAL (A/L.269) REPLACING OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 WITH A TEXT SETTING UP A STUDY COMMITTEE ON THE AMENDING OF THE CHARTER TO EFFECT INCREASED ME

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Cambodia, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Libya, Morocco

## Primary sources

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

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