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title: "UN R/17/679B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/679B: Economic development. Adopted in 1962 — 65 in favour, 16 against, 23 abstaining. TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5276) REQUESTING UN MEMBER-STATES SEPARATELY OR COLLECTIVELY TO BREAK OFF OR REFRAIN FROM DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH S. AFRICA AND INSTITUTE AN EMBARGO AND BOYCOTT OF TRADE WITH S. AFRICA,"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/811"
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# R/17/679B: SOUTH AFRICA, SANCTIONS

Voted 1962-11-07 · Economic development

Yes

65

63%

No

16

15%

Abstain

23

22%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5276) REQUESTING UN MEMBER-STATES SEPARATELY OR COLLECTIVELY TO BREAK OFF OR REFRAIN FROM DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH S. AFRICA AND INSTITUTE AN EMBARGO AND BOYCOTT OF TRADE WITH S. AFRICA,

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Italy

## Primary sources

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

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