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title: "UN R/16/521 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/521: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 67 in favour, 13 against, 19 abstaining. TO ADOPT 14-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.358 AND ADD. 1) RECOMMENDING ADMISSION OF MAURITANIA TO THE UN."
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# R/16/521: ADMISSION MAURITANIA

Voted 1961-10-06 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

67

68%

No

13

13%

Abstain

19

19%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 14-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.358 AND ADD. 1) RECOMMENDING ADMISSION OF MAURITANIA TO THE UN.

### Voted against

Cuba, Egypt, Guinea, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen Arab Republic

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Congo - Kinshasa, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland

## Primary sources

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

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