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title: "UN R/53/227 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/53/227: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1999 — 74 in favour, 2 against, 42 abstaining. The Acting President (interpretation from French): I now put to the vote the first preambular paragraph and operative paragraphs 2, 3, 10 and 11, on which a single separate vote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/53/227: nan

Voted 1999-06-08 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

74

63%

No

2

2%

Abstain

42

36%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President (interpretation from French): I now put to the vote the first preambular paragraph and operative paragraphs 2, 3, 10 and 11, on which a single separate vote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

Israel, United States

### Notable abstentions

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany

## Primary sources

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

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