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title: "UN R/17/1133 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/1133: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1962 — 37 in favour, 40 against, 15 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE 2ND COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5344/ADD.1 AND ADD.1/CORR.1), SAID PARAGRAPH SUPPORTING MEASURES TAKEN BY PEOPLES AND STATES TO RE-ESTABLISH OR STRENGTHEN THEIR SOVEREIGNTY OVER THEIR NATURAL WEALTH AND RESOURCES"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/831"
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# R/17/1133: NATIONALIZATION OF RESOURCES

Voted 1962-12-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

37

40%

No

40

43%

Abstain

15

16%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE 2ND COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5344/ADD.1 AND ADD.1/CORR.1), SAID PARAGRAPH SUPPORTING MEASURES TAKEN BY PEOPLES AND STATES TO RE-ESTABLISH OR STRENGTHEN THEIR SOVEREIGNTY OVER THEIR NATURAL WEALTH AND RESOURCES

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

### Notable abstentions

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cyprus, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Liberia, Madagascar, Niger, Rwanda, Thailand

## Primary sources

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

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