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title: "UN R/16/1147B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1147B: Israel–Palestine. Adopted in 1961 — 38 in favour, 37 against, 21 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5068), SAID PARAGRAPH REQUESTING THE RECONSTITUTED CONCILIATION COMMISSION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS, PROPERTY AND INTERESTS OF THE PALESTINE REFUGEES."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/774"
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# R/16/1147B: PALESTINE, REFUGEES

Voted 1961-12-02 · Israel–Palestine

Yes

38

40%

No

37

39%

Abstain

21

22%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5068), SAID PARAGRAPH REQUESTING THE RECONSTITUTED CONCILIATION COMMISSION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS, PROPERTY AND INTERESTS OF THE PALESTINE REFUGEES.

### Voted against

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

### Notable abstentions

Benin, Brazil, Cambodia, Chad, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Greece, Italy, Japan, Laos, Liberia, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal

## Primary sources

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

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