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title: "UN R/21/2200C Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/21/2200C: Human rights. Adopted in 1966 — 75 in favour, 17 against, 13 abstaining. TO ADOPT 3RD COMM. DRAFT RESOL. C (A/6545, RESOL. C) INVITING THE E.S.C. TO REQUEST THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO EXAMINE AND REPORT ON THE QUESTION OF THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING NATIONAL COMMISSIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS OR DESIGNATING OTH"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/948"
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# R/21/2200C: HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL COVENANT

Voted 1966-12-03 · Human rights

Yes

75

71%

No

17

16%

Abstain

13

12%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 3RD COMM. DRAFT RESOL. C (A/6545, RESOL. C) INVITING THE E.S.C. TO REQUEST THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO EXAMINE AND REPORT ON THE QUESTION OF THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING NATIONAL COMMISSIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS OR DESIGNATING OTH

### Voted against

Algeria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Congo - Brazzaville, Cuba, Guinea, Hungary, India, Mali, Mongolia, Nepal, Poland, Romania, Russia, Syria, Tanzania, Ukraine

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Burundi, Ethiopia, France, Guatemala, Japan, Libya, Mauritania, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Yugoslavia

## Primary sources

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

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