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title: "UN R/14/559 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/14/559: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1959 — 61 in favour, 3 against, 6 abstaining. TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4271) EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND REGRETTING S. AFRICA DISREGARD OF UN APPEALS REGARDING ITS APARTHEID POLICIES."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/585"
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# R/14/559: SOUTH AFRICA

Voted 1959-11-03 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

61

87%

No

3

4%

Abstain

6

9%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4271) EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND REGRETTING S. AFRICA DISREGARD OF UN APPEALS REGARDING ITS APARTHEID POLICIES.

### Voted against

France, Portugal, United Kingdom

### Notable abstentions

Belgium, Canada, Dominican Republic, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands

## Primary sources

- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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