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title: "UN R/72/163 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/72/163: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2017 — 109 in favour, 19 against, 31 abstaining. The President: We shall now take a recorded vote on operative paragraph 4 of draft resolution II. 17-45004\b13/35 A/72/PV.73 A"
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# R/72/163: nan

Voted 2017-12-19 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

109

69%

No

19

12%

Abstain

31

19%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President: We shall now take a recorded vote on operative paragraph 4 of draft resolution II. 17-4500413/35 A/72/PV.73 A

### Voted against

Bahrain, Belarus, Burundi, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, North Korea, Oman, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Zimbabwe

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Angola, Bolivia, Brunei, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Morocco

## Primary sources

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

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