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Voting Practices in the United Nations A Report to the Congress for the Year 1998 Released by the Bureau of International Organization Affairs U.S. Department of State, March 1999 (Link to all years available.)

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The Report

Transmittal Letter (5 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98letter.pdf

Table of Contents (21 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98contents.pdf

I. Introduction (23 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98introduction.pdf

Graph 1: Overall Plenary Votes - Geographic Groups (14 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98graph1.pdf

Graph 2: Overall Plenary Votes - Political Groups (16 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98graph2.pdf

Graph 3: Overall Plenary Votes - By Issues By Year (11 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98graph3.pdf

Graph 4: Important Votes - Geographic Groups (14 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98graph4.pdf

Graph 5: Important Votes - Political Groups (16 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98graph5.pdf

II. General Assembly - Overall Votes (101 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98overall.pdf

III. General Assembly - Important Votes and Consensus Actions (151 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98important.pdf

IV. Security Council (part 1) (97 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98unsc_1.pdf

IV. Security Council (part 2) (71 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98unsc_2.pdf

V. Country Listings (A-E) (104 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98countries_a-e.pdf

V. Country Listings (F-Q) (132 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98countries_f-q.pdf

V. Country Listings (R-Z) (89 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_98/98countries_r-z.pdf

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