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title: "UN R/17/917 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/917: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1962 — 48 in favour, 10 against, 26 abstaining. TO ADOPT AUSTRALIA AMENDMENT (A/L.404) TO THE 12-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.402 AND ADD.1) CONVENING A 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY, SAID AMENDMENT INVITING ALL UN MEMBER-STATES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONFEREN"
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# R/17/917: ATOMIC ENERGY CONFERENCE

Voted 1962-11-02 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

48

57%

No

10

12%

Abstain

26

31%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT AUSTRALIA AMENDMENT (A/L.404) TO THE 12-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.402 AND ADD.1) CONVENING A 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY, SAID AMENDMENT INVITING ALL UN MEMBER-STATES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONFEREN

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Benin, Cambodia, Chad, Congo - Kinshasa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma)

## Primary sources

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

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