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title: "UN R/17/1178B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/1178B: Economic development. Adopted in 1962 — 34 in favour, 32 against, 32 abstaining. TO ADOPT LAST PART OF OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE 2ND COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5354) ON POPULATION, GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH PART READS: \\.. AND THAT THE UN GIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AS REQUESTED BY GOVERNMENTS FOR NATIONAL PR"
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# R/17/1178B: POPULATION PROBLEMS

Voted 1962-12-02 · Economic development

Yes

34

35%

No

32

33%

Abstain

32

33%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT LAST PART OF OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE 2ND COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5354) ON POPULATION, GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH PART READS: \\.. AND THAT THE UN GIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AS REQUESTED BY GOVERNMENTS FOR NATIONAL PR

### Voted against

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo - Kinshasa, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Rwanda, Senegal, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cuba, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jordan

## Primary sources

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

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