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title: "UN R/17/52 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/52: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1962 — 86 in favour, 1 against, 14 abstaining. TO ADOPT DUTCH-INDONESIAN DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.393) TAKING NOTE OF THE 1962 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS REGARDING WEST NEW GUINEA AND AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO FULFILL THE RESPONSIBILIT"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/805"
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# R/17/52: WEST IRIAN

Voted 1962-09-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

86

85%

No

1

1%

Abstain

14

14%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT DUTCH-INDONESIAN DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.393) TAKING NOTE OF THE 1962 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS REGARDING WEST NEW GUINEA AND AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO FULFILL THE RESPONSIBILIT

### Voted against

Senegal

### Notable abstentions

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Gabon, Haiti, Madagascar, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Togo

## Primary sources

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

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