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title: "UN R/71/69 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/71/69: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2016 — 139 in favour, 12 against, 20 abstaining. The Acting President: I now put to the vote operative paragraph 2. A"
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# R/71/69: nan

Voted 2016-12-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

139

81%

No

12

7%

Abstain

20

12%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President: I now put to the vote operative paragraph 2. A

### Voted against

Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa

## Primary sources

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

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