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title: "UN R/17/679A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/679A: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1962 — 48 in favour, 51 against, 5 abstaining. TO ADOPT COLOMBIA PROPOSAL FOR SEPARATE VOTES ON THE WORDS \\THE FOLLOWING\\\\ IN OPERATIVE SUB-PARAGRAPHS 4(A), 4(B), 4(C), 4(D) AND 4(E); IN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 5; OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 6 AND OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 8 (SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RE\""
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# R/17/679A: SOUTH AFRICA, SANCTIONS

Voted 1962-11-07 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

48

46%

No

51

49%

Abstain

5

5%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT COLOMBIA PROPOSAL FOR SEPARATE VOTES ON THE WORDS \THE FOLLOWING\\\ IN OPERATIVE SUB-PARAGRAPHS 4(A), 4(B), 4(C), 4(D) AND 4(E); IN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 5; OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 6 AND OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 8 (SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RE"

### Notable abstentions

Israel, Jamaica, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia

## Primary sources

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

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