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A 1. The vote on the Argentine draft resolution on the Falklands at

this year's UN General Assembly debate on 1 November was 89-9-54

(plus 7 absentees). The Commonwealth vote was 13-8-21 (plus 3

absentees). This was an almost identical voting pattern to that in

1983 (12-8-20), and meant that almost two-thirds of the Commonwealth

did not vote for the Argentine resolution. There were, however, a

number of significant changes of vote in both directions. On the

one hand both Barbados and Cyprus succumbed to Argentine pressure

and voted for the resolution; on the other, Grenada voted with us

after being absent in 1983, and Papua New Guinea shifted from a yes

vote to an abstention. St Christopher and Nevis and Gambia, who had

voted favourably in previous years, were both absent (in the) latter's case, because they were waiting to sign the book of.

condolences for Indira Gandhi).

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