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title: "UN R/17/709 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/709: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1962 — 44 in favour, 45 against, 13 abstaining. TO ADOPT THE 4-POWER AMENDMENT (A/L.398 AND ADD.1) TO THE DRAFT CONVENTION ON MARRIAGE ANNEXED TO THE 3RD COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION A (A/5273) RATIFYING THE CONVENTION AS INCLUDED THEREIN, SAID AMENDMENT REPLACING WORD \\ALL\\\\ WITH \\\\\"ANYONE OF\\\\\" IN\""
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/821"
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# R/17/709: MARRIGE CONVENTION

Voted 1962-11-01 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

44

43%

No

45

44%

Abstain

13

13%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT THE 4-POWER AMENDMENT (A/L.398 AND ADD.1) TO THE DRAFT CONVENTION ON MARRIAGE ANNEXED TO THE 3RD COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION A (A/5273) RATIFYING THE CONVENTION AS INCLUDED THEREIN, SAID AMENDMENT REPLACING WORD \ALL\\\ WITH \\\\"ANYONE OF\\\\" IN"

### Notable abstentions

Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Jamaica, Laos, Morocco, Togo, Tunisia, Uruguay

## Primary sources

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

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