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title: "UN A/RES/74/247 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/74/247: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2019 — 79 in favour, 60 against, 33 abstaining. Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9087"
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UN vote · Session 74

# A/RES/74/247: Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes

Voted 2019-12-27 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

79

46%

No

60

35%

Abstain

33

19%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/74/247](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/74/247)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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