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title: "UN Roll call 959 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 959: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1966 — 20 in favour, 65 against, 30 abstaining. TO ADOPT 6TH CUBAN AMENDMENT (A/L.514) TO THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/6618 AND CORR.1), SAID AMENDMENT DELETING OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 1-4 AND REPLACING WITH THIS TEXT: \\DECIDES TO REMOVE THE KOREAN QUESTION FROM THE AGENDA AND NOT TO DISCUSS"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/959"
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# Roll call 959: KOREA

Voted 1966-12-06 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

20

17%

No

65

57%

Abstain

30

26%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 6TH CUBAN AMENDMENT (A/L.514) TO THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/6618 AND CORR.1), SAID AMENDMENT DELETING OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 1-4 AND REPLACING WITH THIS TEXT: \DECIDES TO REMOVE THE KOREAN QUESTION FROM THE AGENDA AND NOT TO DISCUSS

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Cyprus, Finland, Gabon, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco

## Primary sources

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

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