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title: "UN R/16/1173 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1173: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 59 in favour, 10 against, 27 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5071) REQUESTING THE UN COMMISSION FOR THE UNIFICATION AND REHABILITATION OF KOREA TO CONTINUE WORK TOWARDS FULFILLMENT OF ITS OBJECTIVES AS PER RESOLUTIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/782"
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# R/16/1173: KOREA

Voted 1961-12-02 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

59

61%

No

10

10%

Abstain

27

28%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5071) REQUESTING THE UN COMMISSION FOR THE UNIFICATION AND REHABILITATION OF KOREA TO CONTINUE WORK TOWARDS FULFILLMENT OF ITS OBJECTIVES AS PER RESOLUTIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY.

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma)

## Primary sources

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

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