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Voting Practices in the United Nations A Report to the Congress for the Year 1999 Released by the Bureau of International Organization Affairs U.S. Department of State, March 2000 (Link to all years available.)

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The Report

Transmittal Letter (5 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99letter.pdf

Table of Contents (22 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99contents.pdf

I. Introduction (26 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99introduction.pdf

Graph 1: Overall Plenary Votes - Geographic Groups (15 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99graph1.pdf

Graph 2: Overall Plenary Votes - Political Groups (17 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99graph2.pdf

Graph 3: Overall Plenary Votes - By Issues By Year (11 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99graph3.pdf

Graph 4: Important Votes - Geographic Groups (15 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99graph4.pdf

Graph 5: Important Votes - Political Groups (17 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99graph5.pdf

II. General Assembly - Overall Votes (120 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99overall.pdf

III. General Assembly - Important Votes and Consensus Actions (157 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99important.pdf

IV. Security Council (131 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99unsc.pdf

V. Country Listings (A-E) (120 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99countries_a-e.pdf

V. Country Listings (F-Nauru) (121 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99countries_f-nauru.pdf

V. Country Listings (Nepal-Z) (140 kb)
     http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99countries_nepal-z.pdf

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