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title: "UN R/15/508B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/508B: Economic development. Adopted in 1961 — 43 in favour, 12 against, 32 abstaining. TO ADOPT 5TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. II (A/4740) ON THE NEED TO REVIEW UN ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY PROCEDURES, MINUS 4TH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH."
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# R/15/508B: PEACEKEEPING FINANCES

Voted 1961-04-05 · Economic development

Yes

43

49%

No

12

14%

Abstain

32

37%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 5TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. II (A/4740) ON THE NEED TO REVIEW UN ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY PROCEDURES, MINUS 4TH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH.

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Hungary, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Congo - Kinshasa, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Greece

## Primary sources

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

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