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title: "UN A/RES/72/102 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/102: Colonialism. Adopted in 2017 — 93 in favour, 8 against, 65 abstaining. A/72/251 62 - Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. - DECOLONIZATION;A/72/251 62[7] - GUAM QUESTION"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5637"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/102: Question of Guam : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-07 · Colonialism

Yes

93

56%

No

8

5%

Abstain

65

39%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 62 - Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. - DECOLONIZATION;A/72/251 62\[7] - GUAM QUESTION

### Voted against

France, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Morocco, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/102](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/102)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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