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title: "UN R/17/1208A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/1208A: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1962 — 51 in favour, 11 against, 41 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PORTION OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5388), SAID PORTION TERMINATING THE POSITION OF UN REPRESENTATIVE ON HUNGARY AND TRANSFERRING INITIATIVE ON HUNGARY TO UN SEC. GENERAL."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/848"
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# R/17/1208A: HUNGARY, SOVIET INTERVENTION

Voted 1962-12-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

51

50%

No

11

11%

Abstain

41

40%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PORTION OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5388), SAID PORTION TERMINATING THE POSITION OF UN REPRESENTATIVE ON HUNGARY AND TRANSFERRING INITIATIVE ON HUNGARY TO UN SEC. GENERAL.

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

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

## Primary sources

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

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