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title: "UN R/73/266 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/73/266: Economic development. Adopted in 2018 — 138 in favour, 12 against, 16 abstaining. A/73/251 96 - Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security. - INFORMATION--INTERNATIONAL SECURITY"
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# R/73/266: Advancing responsible State behaviour in cyberspace in the context of international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2018-12-22 · Economic development

Yes

138

83%

No

12

7%

Abstain

16

10%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/73/251 96 - Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security. - INFORMATION--INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

### Voted against

Bolivia, China, Comoros, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Belarus, Botswana, Cambodia, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Laos, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea

## Primary sources

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

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