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title: "UN R/73/187 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/73/187: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2018 — 94 in favour, 59 against, 33 abstaining. A/73/251 109 - Crime prevention and criminal justice. - CRIME PREVENTION"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/6138"
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# R/73/187: Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2018-12-17 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

94

51%

No

59

32%

Abstain

33

18%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/73/251 109 - Crime prevention and criminal justice. - CRIME PREVENTION

### Notable abstentions

Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Cape Verde, Colombia, Congo - Kinshasa, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala

## Primary sources

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

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