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description: "R/72/245: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 2017 — 31 in favour, 89 against, 31 abstaining. The President: We shall now take a decision on draft resolution II, entitled _Rights of the child<d3>. In accordance with rule 90 of the Assembly<90>s rules of procedure, the Assembly will first take a decision on the proposed draft amendment circulated in document A/72/L.36/Rev.1. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/72/245: nan

Voted 2017-12-24 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

31

21%

No

89

59%

Abstain

31

21%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President: We shall now take a decision on draft resolution II, entitled \_Rights of the child\<d3>. In accordance with rule 90 of the Assembly<90>s rules of procedure, the Assembly will first take a decision on the proposed draft amendment circulated in document A/72/L.36/Rev.1. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Angola, Bolivia, Brunei, Cambodia, Congo - Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Malaysia

## Primary sources

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

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