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title: "UN R/17/768 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/768: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1962 — 85 in favour, 0 against, 10 abstaining. TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5285) COMMENDING THE REPORT OF THE UN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON THE EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION AND INVITING THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION TO COMPLETE ITS SCHEME FOR A WORLD-WIDE MONITO"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/823"
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# R/17/768: RADIATION STUDY

Voted 1962-11-07 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

85

89%

No

0

0%

Abstain

10

11%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5285) COMMENDING THE REPORT OF THE UN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON THE EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION AND INVITING THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION TO COMPLETE ITS SCHEME FOR A WORLD-WIDE MONITO

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

## Primary sources

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

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