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title: "UN R/2/940A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/2/940A: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1947 — 15 in favour, 26 against, 11 abstaining. TO ADOPT CUBAN AMENDMENT (A/481) TO THE 2-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/452) PROPOSING TO HOLD THE 3RD REGULAR SESSION OF THE UN IN EUROPE, SAID AMENDMENT REQUESTING THE SEC. GENERAL AND HIS 9-MAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE TOWN WHEREIN THE ASSEM"
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# R/2/940A: GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING PLACE

Voted 1947-11-06 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

15

29%

No

26

50%

Abstain

11

21%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT CUBAN AMENDMENT (A/481) TO THE 2-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/452) PROPOSING TO HOLD THE 3RD REGULAR SESSION OF THE UN IN EUROPE, SAID AMENDMENT REQUESTING THE SEC. GENERAL AND HIS 9-MAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE TOWN WHEREIN THE ASSEM

### Voted against

Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Colombia, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Canada, Chile, Egypt, Greece, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, United States, Venezuela, Yemen Arab Republic

## Primary sources

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

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