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title: "UN R/14/717 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/14/717: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1959 — 35 in favour, 39 against, 6 abstaining. TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4340) RECOMMENDING CONSIDERATION OF QUALIFICATIONS AND THE APPLICATION OF THE EQUITABLE-GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION PRINCIPLE IN ELECTING A PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/607"
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# R/14/717: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ELECTIONS

Voted 1959-12-07 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

35

44%

No

39

49%

Abstain

6

8%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4340) RECOMMENDING CONSIDERATION OF QUALIFICATIONS AND THE APPLICATION OF THE EQUITABLE-GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION PRINCIPLE IN ELECTING A PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

### Notable abstentions

Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador, Finland, Pakistan, Panama

## Primary sources

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

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