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title: "UN R/52/44 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/52/44: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1997 — 125 in favour, 3 against, 40 abstaining. The President: The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolution recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 8 of its report. The First Committee adopted the draft resolutionwithout a vote. May I consider that the Assembly wishes to do the same? The draft resolution was adopted (resolution 52/43). The President: I give the floor to the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic on a point of order. I Mr. Abou-Hadid (Syrian Arab Republic) (interpretation from Arabic): The Arabic version of the report in document A/52/605, recommending the draft resolution that we have just adop…"
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# R/52/44: nan

Voted 1997-12-09 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

125

74%

No

3

2%

Abstain

40

24%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President: The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolution recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 8 of its report. The First Committee adopted the draft resolutionwithout a vote. May I consider that the Assembly wishes to do the same? The draft resolution was adopted (resolution 52/43). The President: I give the floor to the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic on a point of order. I Mr. Abou-Hadid (Syrian Arab Republic) (interpretation from Arabic): The Arabic version of the report in document A/52/605, recommending the draft resolution that we have just adop…

### Voted against

France, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece

## Primary sources

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

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