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title: "UN R/16/507 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/507: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 47 in favour, 26 against, 26 abstaining. TO REQUIRE THE 2/3 MAJORITY RULE IN THE VOTE ON SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION B (A/4939) ON THE EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/734"
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# R/16/507: RADIATION STUDY

Voted 1961-10-06 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

47

47%

No

26

26%

Abstain

26

26%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO REQUIRE THE 2/3 MAJORITY RULE IN THE VOTE ON SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION B (A/4939) ON THE EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION.

### Voted against

Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Congo - Kinshasa, Cuba, Egypt, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Mali, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Congo - Brazzaville, Cyprus, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Haiti

## Primary sources

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

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