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title: "UN R/16/1356 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1356: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1962 — 52 in favour, 10 against, 29 abstaining. TO ADOPT A COSTA RICA MOTION FOR AN ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING, DURING THE DEBATE ON ITEM 78 RE CUBAN COMPLAINT OF NEW THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY ARISING FROM NEW PLANS OF AGGRESSION AND ACTS OF INTERVENTION BY THE U.S."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/789"
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# R/16/1356: U.S. THREATS TO CUBA

Voted 1962-02-06 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

52

57%

No

10

11%

Abstain

29

32%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT A COSTA RICA MOTION FOR AN ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING, DURING THE DEBATE ON ITEM 78 RE CUBAN COMPLAINT OF NEW THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY ARISING FROM NEW PLANS OF AGGRESSION AND ACTS OF INTERVENTION BY THE U.S.

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Mali

## Primary sources

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

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