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title: "UN A/RES/74/138 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/74/138: Human rights. Adopted in 2019 — 130 in favour, 52 against, 7 abstaining. Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9063"
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UN vote · Session 74

# A/RES/74/138: Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

Voted 2019-12-18 · Human rights

Yes

130

69%

No

52

28%

Abstain

7

4%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

### Notable abstentions

Brazil, Colombia, Fiji, Mexico, Palau, Switzerland, Tonga

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/74/138](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/74/138)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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