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description: "R/18/1916: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1963 — 28 in favour, 19 against, 48 abstaining. TO ADOPT WORDS \\SUCH\\\\...\\\\\"AS MAY BE NECESSARY\\\\\" IN THE 6TH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 3RD COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/5606) CONCERNING THE WORLD SOCIAL SITUATION, 1963\\\"\""
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# R/18/1916: WORLD SOCIAL PROGRESS

Voted 1963-12-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

28

29%

No

19

20%

Abstain

48

51%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT WORDS \SUCH\\\\...\\\\"AS MAY BE NECESSARY\\\\" IN THE 6TH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 3RD COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/5606) CONCERNING THE WORLD SOCIAL SITUATION, 1963\\""

### Voted against

Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hungary, Mexico, Mongolia, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Austria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cyprus, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt

## Primary sources

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

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