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title: "UN R/16/1068B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1068B: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 60 in favour, 33 against, 7 abstaining. TO ADOPT 5-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.372) REQUIRING 2/3 MAJORITY IN DECIDING THE QUESTION OF CHINA REPRESENTATION IN THE UN."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/757"
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# R/16/1068B: CHINA REPRESENTATION

Voted 1961-12-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

60

60%

No

33

33%

Abstain

7

7%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 5-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.372) REQUIRING 2/3 MAJORITY IN DECIDING THE QUESTION OF CHINA REPRESENTATION IN THE UN.

### Voted against

Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Cyprus, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania

## Primary sources

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

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