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title: "UN R/16/1108 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1108: Economic development. Adopted in 1961 — 58 in favour, 10 against, 18 abstaining. TO ADOPT 6-POWER AMENDMENT (A/L.379) TO THE 2ND COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/5056) ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AS THE PRIMARY INSTRUMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SAID AMENDMENT REPLACING OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 6 WITH A TEXT REQUESTING SEC. GENERAL TO"
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# R/16/1108: TRADE PROBLEMS, CONFERENCE

Voted 1961-12-01 · Economic development

Yes

58

67%

No

10

12%

Abstain

18

21%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 6-POWER AMENDMENT (A/L.379) TO THE 2ND COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/5056) ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AS THE PRIMARY INSTRUMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SAID AMENDMENT REPLACING OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 6 WITH A TEXT REQUESTING SEC. GENERAL TO

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka

## Primary sources

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

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