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title: "UN R/17/1088 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/1088: Economic development. Adopted in 1962 — 38 in favour, 16 against, 32 abstaining. TO ADOPT 2-POWER AMENDMENT (A/L.408) TO THE 2ND COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5316) CONVENING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT, SAID AMENDMENT ELIMINATING THE WORD \\GRADUAL\\\\ FROM OPERATIVE SUB-PARAGRAPH 5 (C). SUB-PARAGRAPH 5 (\""
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# R/17/1088: TARIFF AND TRADE BARRIERS

Voted 1962-12-06 · Economic development

Yes

38

44%

No

16

19%

Abstain

32

37%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 2-POWER AMENDMENT (A/L.408) TO THE 2ND COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5316) CONVENING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT, SAID AMENDMENT ELIMINATING THE WORD \GRADUAL\\\ FROM OPERATIVE SUB-PARAGRAPH 5 (C). SUB-PARAGRAPH 5 ("

### Voted against

Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Hungary, Jordan, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sudan, Tanzania, Ukraine

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Brazil, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Laos, Lebanon

## Primary sources

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

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