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title: "UN R/14/613 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/14/613: Economic development. Adopted in 1959 — 37 in favour, 27 against, 14 abstaining. TO ADOPT COLOMBIA PROPOSAL TO HOLD NO VOTE ON SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/4256) DECIDING TO INCLUDE ITEMS ON THE QUESTION OF INCREASING MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UN ORGANS IN THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA OF THE 15TH SESSION."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/597"
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# R/14/613: SECURITY COUNCIL AND ECOSOC ELECTIONS

Voted 1959-11-04 · Economic development

Yes

37

47%

No

27

35%

Abstain

14

18%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT COLOMBIA PROPOSAL TO HOLD NO VOTE ON SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/4256) DECIDING TO INCLUDE ITEMS ON THE QUESTION OF INCREASING MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UN ORGANS IN THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA OF THE 15TH SESSION.

### Voted against

Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Libya, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Bolivia, Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Sudan, Uruguay, Venezuela

## Primary sources

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

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