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title: "UN R/16/1511A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1511A: Economic development. Adopted in 1962 — 74 in favour, 11 against, 16 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5142), SAID PARAGRAPH AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO COMMIT UP TO $2 MILLION OF THE 1962 UN BUDGET FOR EXTRAORDINARY AND UNFORESEEN EXPENSES TO EMERGENCY MEASURES NECESSARY F"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/798"
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# R/16/1511A: RWANDA-BURUNDI

Voted 1962-06-02 · Economic development

Yes

74

73%

No

11

11%

Abstain

16

16%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5142), SAID PARAGRAPH AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO COMMIT UP TO $2 MILLION OF THE 1962 UN BUDGET FOR EXTRAORDINARY AND UNFORESEEN EXPENSES TO EMERGENCY MEASURES NECESSARY F

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Laos, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa

## Primary sources

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

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