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title: "UN R/17/1207 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/1207: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1962 — 48 in favour, 14 against, 41 abstaining. TO ADOPT PREAMBLE OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5388) ON THE POSITION OF UN REPRESENTATIVE ON HUNGARY, SAID PREAMBLE TAKING NOTE OF THE REPORT OF SIR LESLIE MUNRO, UN REPRESENTATIVE ON HUNGARY, AND REAFFIRMING ALL ITS R"
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# R/17/1207: HUNGARY, SOVIET INTERVENTION

Voted 1962-12-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

48

47%

No

14

14%

Abstain

41

40%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT PREAMBLE OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5388) ON THE POSITION OF UN REPRESENTATIVE ON HUNGARY, SAID PREAMBLE TAKING NOTE OF THE REPORT OF SIR LESLIE MUNRO, UN REPRESENTATIVE ON HUNGARY, AND REAFFIRMING ALL ITS R

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, India

## Primary sources

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

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