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title: "UN R/3/108 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/3/108: Human rights. Rejected in 1948 — 6 in favour, 30 against, 16 abstaining. TO ADOPT USSR PROPOSAL TO DELETE ITEM 42, ON USSR VIOLATIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS, DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE AND OTHER CHARTER PRINCIPLES, FROM THE GENERAL COMMITTEE-RECOMMENDED AGENDA (A/653)"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/79"
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# R/3/108: SOVIET WIVES

Voted 1948-09-02 · Human rights

Yes

6

12%

No

30

58%

Abstain

16

31%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT USSR PROPOSAL TO DELETE ITEM 42, ON USSR VIOLATIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS, DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE AND OTHER CHARTER PRINCIPLES, FROM THE GENERAL COMMITTEE-RECOMMENDED AGENDA (A/653)

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Greece, Haiti, Iceland, India, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Thailand, Turkey

## Primary sources

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

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