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title: "UN R/2/858 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/2/858: Colonialism. Rejected in 1947 — 6 in favour, 33 against, 16 abstaining. TO ADOPT USSR ORAL RESOL. CALLING FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ALL OCCUPATION TROOPS FROM KOREA TO ALLOW EXERCISE OF SELF-DETERMINATION BY THAT STATE."
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# R/2/858: KOREA INDEPENDENCE

Voted 1947-11-05 · Colonialism

Yes

6

11%

No

33

60%

Abstain

16

29%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT USSR ORAL RESOL. CALLING FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ALL OCCUPATION TROOPS FROM KOREA TO ALLOW EXERCISE OF SELF-DETERMINATION BY THAT STATE.

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Greece, Honduras, Iceland, India, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Denmark, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Syria, Thailand

## Primary sources

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

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