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title: "UN R/17/1178A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/1178A: Economic development. Adopted in 1962 — 40 in favour, 26 against, 32 abstaining. TO REQUIRE 2/3 MAJORITY RULE IN VOTING ON THE 2ND COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5354) ON POPULATION GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/842"
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# R/17/1178A: POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Voted 1962-12-02 · Economic development

Yes

40

41%

No

26

27%

Abstain

32

33%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO REQUIRE 2/3 MAJORITY RULE IN VOTING ON THE 2ND COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5354) ON POPULATION GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

### Voted against

Algeria, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Iceland, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Hungary, India, Indonesia

## Primary sources

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

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