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title: "UN R/16/1162 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1162: Economic development. Adopted in 1961 — 58 in favour, 12 against, 23 abstaining. TO ADOPT 5TH COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5076) APPROVING BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR THE UN FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1962."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/781"
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# R/16/1162: U.N. BUDGET, U.S. BONDS

Voted 1961-12-02 · Economic development

Yes

58

62%

No

12

13%

Abstain

23

25%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 5TH COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5076) APPROVING BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR THE UN FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1962.

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Brazil, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Haiti, India, Iraq, Jordan, Libya

## Primary sources

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

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