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title: "UN Roll call 945 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 945: Human rights. Adopted in 1966 — 65 in favour, 2 against, 38 abstaining. TO ADOPT THE WHOLE TEXT OF THE 3RD COMM. OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (A/6546, ANNEX)."
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# Roll call 945: HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL COVENANT

Voted 1966-12-03 · Human rights

Yes

65

62%

No

2

2%

Abstain

38

36%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT THE WHOLE TEXT OF THE 3RD COMM. OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (A/6546, ANNEX).

### Voted against

Niger, Togo

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Belarus, Benin, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cuba, Ethiopia, Greece, Guinea, Haiti

## Primary sources

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

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