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title: "UN R/17/647 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/647: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1962 — 40 in favour, 55 against, 12 abstaining. TO ADOPT U.S.S.R. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.395) REMOVING NATIONALIST CHINA REPRESENTATION AND INSTALLING COMMUNIST CHINA REPRESENTATION, IN THE UN."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/808"
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# R/17/647: CHINA REPRESENTATION

Voted 1962-10-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

40

37%

No

55

51%

Abstain

12

11%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT U.S.S.R. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.395) REMOVING NATIONALIST CHINA REPRESENTATION AND INSTALLING COMMUNIST CHINA REPRESENTATION, IN THE UN.

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Cyprus, Iceland, Israel, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago

## Primary sources

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

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