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title: "UN Roll call 929 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 929: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1966 — 65 in favour, 47 against, 7 abstaining. TO ADOPT 15-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.494 AND ADD.1) THAT ANY PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE REPRESENTATION OF CHINA IN THE UN CONSTITUTES AN IMPORTANT QUESTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 18 OF THE CHARTER AND THEREFORE REQUIRES A 2/3 MAJORITY VOTE."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/929"
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# Roll call 929: CHINA REPRESENTATION

Voted 1966-11-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

65

55%

No

47

39%

Abstain

7

6%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 15-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.494 AND ADD.1) THAT ANY PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE REPRESENTATION OF CHINA IN THE UN CONSTITUTES AN IMPORTANT QUESTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 18 OF THE CHARTER AND THEREFORE REQUIRES A 2/3 MAJORITY VOTE.

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Cameroon, Chad, Cyprus, Iran, Portugal, Sierra Leone

## Primary sources

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

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