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title: "UN R/72/50 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/72/50: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2017 — 157 in favour, 2 against, 16 abstaining. The Acting President: I shall now put to the vote operative paragraph 8. A"
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# R/72/50: nan

Voted 2017-12-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

157

90%

No

2

1%

Abstain

16

9%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President: I shall now put to the vote operative paragraph 8. A

### Voted against

Russia, South Africa

### Notable abstentions

Angola, China, France, Ireland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Mongolia, Namibia, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda

## Primary sources

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

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