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title: "UN R/73/123 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/73/123: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2018 — 124 in favour, 8 against, 46 abstaining. A/73/251 63 - Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. - DECOLONIZATION"
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# R/73/123: Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2018-12-07 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

124

70%

No

8

4%

Abstain

46

26%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/73/251 63 - Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. - DECOLONIZATION

### Voted against

Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Israel, Morocco, Senegal, South Sudan, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia

## Primary sources

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

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