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title: "UN R/16/1068A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1068A: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 60 in favour, 20 against, 20 abstaining. TO ADOPT AN AUSTRALIAN MOTION FOR PRIORITY, ON THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.372) REQUIRING APPLICATION OF THE 2/3 MAJORITY RULE IN VOTING ON THE QUESTION OF CHANGING THE REPRESENTATION OF CHINA IN THE UN."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/756"
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# R/16/1068A: CHINA REPRESENTATION

Voted 1961-12-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

60

60%

No

20

20%

Abstain

20

20%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT AN AUSTRALIAN MOTION FOR PRIORITY, ON THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.372) REQUIRING APPLICATION OF THE 2/3 MAJORITY RULE IN VOTING ON THE QUESTION OF CHANGING THE REPRESENTATION OF CHINA IN THE UN.

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Egypt, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Mali, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Poland, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Austria, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan

## Primary sources

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

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