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First Committee Vote, 3 December 1976 to adopt the CCD Text (A/C.1/31/L.5/Rev.3)
FOR (89):
Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Byelorussian SSR, Canada, Central African Republic, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, GDR, West Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, UAE, UK, US, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zaire.
AGAINST (11):
Burundi, Ecuador, Grenada, Kenya, Mauritius, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Zambia.
ABSTAINING (25):
Argentina, Cameroon, Chad, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Surinam, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen.
First Committee Vote, 3 December 1976 to bury the proposal to delay (A/C.1/31/L.4/Rev.1)
FOR halting consideration of the Mexican proposal (49):
Afghanistan, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorussian SSR, Canada, Central African Republic, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Finland, GDR, West Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Swaziland, Syria, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, UK, US, Zaire.
AGAINST burying the proposal (42):
Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Grenada, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Surinam, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, UAE, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia.
ABSTAINING (35):
Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burma, Chad, Congo, Democratic Yemen, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Gabon, Greece, Guyana, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Libya, Malawi, Mali, New Zealand, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, Yugoslavia.
QUOTES
Excerpts from the verbatim records of the First Committee's meetings of 1976 [PDF Files]:
Mr. Martin, US (1 Nov)
Mr. Garcia Robles, Mexico (1 Nov)
Mr. Vinci, Italy (4 Nov)
Mr. van der Zee, The Netherlands (1 Dec)
Mr. Dumas, Trinidad and Tobago (3 Dec)
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