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title: "UN R/17/1208B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/1208B: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1962 — 50 in favour, 12 against, 42 abstaining. TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5388)."
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# R/17/1208B: HUNGARY, SOVIET INTERVENTION

Voted 1962-12-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

50

48%

No

12

12%

Abstain

42

40%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5388).

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Guinea, 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, Finland

## Primary sources

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

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