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title: "UN R/3/497 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/3/497: Economic development. Adopted in 1948 — 30 in favour, 10 against, 11 abstaining. TO ADOPT 6TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/713) WITH E.S.C. DRAFT PROTOCOL AND ANNEX, REGARDING THE TRANSFER TO THE UN OF THE LEAGUE OF NATION'S POWERS UNDER THE 1928 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON ECONOMIC STATISTICS."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/93"
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# R/3/497: U.N. STATISTICS

Voted 1948-11-06 · Economic development

Yes

30

59%

No

10

20%

Abstain

11

22%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 6TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/713) WITH E.S.C. DRAFT PROTOCOL AND ANNEX, REGARDING THE TRANSFER TO THE UN OF THE LEAGUE OF NATION'S POWERS UNDER THE 1928 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON ECONOMIC STATISTICS.

### Voted against

Belarus, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Iceland, Iran, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Sweden

## Primary sources

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

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