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title: "UN R/52/118 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/52/118: Human rights. Adopted in 1997 — 118 in favour, 5 against, 37 abstaining. The President: The Third Committed adopted draft resolution II, entitled _International Covenants on HumanRights<d3>, without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same? 12 70th plenary meeting 12 December 1997 Draft resolution II was adopted (resolution 52/116). The President: Draft resolution III, entitled _Fiftieththe anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<d3>, was adopted by the Third Committee without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt draft resolution III, as orally revised, without a vote? Draft resolution III, as orally revised…"
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# R/52/118: nan

Voted 1997-12-12 · Human rights

Yes

118

74%

No

5

3%

Abstain

37

23%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President: The Third Committed adopted draft resolution II, entitled \_International Covenants on HumanRights\<d3>, without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same? 12 70th plenary meeting 12 December 1997 Draft resolution II was adopted (resolution 52/116). The President: Draft resolution III, entitled \_Fiftieththe anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights\<d3>, was adopted by the Third Committee without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt draft resolution III, as orally revised, without a vote? Draft resolution III, as orally revised…

### Voted against

Cuba, Ghana, Libya, North Korea, Sudan

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, China, Congo - Kinshasa, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia

## Primary sources

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

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