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title: "UN SS/2/44 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "SS/2/44: Israel–Palestine. Adopted in 1948 — 30 in favour, 6 against, 16 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/552) AFFIRMING SECURITY COUNCIL EFFORTS TOWARD A TRUCE IN PALESTINE; RELIEVING THE PALESTINE COMMISSION OF FURTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, AND EMPOWERING THE UN MEDIATOR FOR PALESTINE TO EXERCISE THE FUNCTIONS AND O"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9013"
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# SS/2/44: PALESTINE, TRUCE

Voted 1948-05-05 · Israel–Palestine

Yes

30

58%

No

6

12%

Abstain

16

31%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/552) AFFIRMING SECURITY COUNCIL EFFORTS TOWARD A TRUCE IN PALESTINE; RELIEVING THE PALESTINE COMMISSION OF FURTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, AND EMPOWERING THE UN MEDIATOR FOR PALESTINE TO EXERCISE THE FUNCTIONS AND O

### Voted against

Belarus, Cuba, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Venezuela

## Primary sources

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

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