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title: "UN R/3/103 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/3/103: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1948 — 15 in favour, 29 against, 9 abstaining. TO ADOPT USSR PROPOSAL TO DELETE ITEM 14 (C) FROM THE AGENDA RECOMMENDED IN THE GENERAL COMM. REPORT (A/653). ITEM 14 (C) IS AN APPLICATION OF CHARTER ARTICLE 27 ON THE PRINCIPLE OF UNANIMITY AMONG PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO THE QU"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/78"
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# R/3/103: ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS

Voted 1948-09-02 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

15

28%

No

29

55%

Abstain

9

17%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT USSR PROPOSAL TO DELETE ITEM 14 (C) FROM THE AGENDA RECOMMENDED IN THE GENERAL COMM. REPORT (A/653). ITEM 14 (C) IS AN APPLICATION OF CHARTER ARTICLE 27 ON THE PRINCIPLE OF UNANIMITY AMONG PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO THE QU

### Voted against

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, India, Iran, Luxembourg, Myanmar (Burma), Syria, Turkey, Venezuela, Yemen Arab Republic

## Primary sources

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

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