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title: "UN R/16/1153 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1153: Economic development. Adopted in 1961 — 52 in favour, 10 against, 31 abstaining. TO ADOPT 5TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5062) SEEKING ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON WHETHER THE AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES OF THE UN CONGO OPERATIONS CONSTITUTED EXPENSES OF THE UNO UNDER CHARTER ARTICLE 17, PARA. 2."
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# R/16/1153: PEACEKEEPING FINANCES

Voted 1961-12-02 · Economic development

Yes

52

56%

No

10

11%

Abstain

31

33%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 5TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5062) SEEKING ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON WHETHER THE AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES OF THE UN CONGO OPERATIONS CONSTITUTED EXPENSES OF THE UNO UNDER CHARTER ARTICLE 17, PARA. 2.

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Belgium, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Kinshasa, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan

## Primary sources

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

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