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title: "UN R/14/774A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/14/774A: Colonialism. Rejected in 1959 — 26 in favour, 35 against, 18 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 1(B) OF TUNISIA DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.275/REV.1) ON TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL COMPOSITION, DECIDING THAT ON DATE FRANCE CEASES TO BE AN ADMINISTERING MEMBER AND BECOMES A MEMBER UNDER ARTICLE 86, PARAG. 1-B, 2 MEMBERS ELECTED"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/619"
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# R/14/774A: FRANCE, TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL

Voted 1959-12-02 · Colonialism

Yes

26

33%

No

35

44%

Abstain

18

23%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 1(B) OF TUNISIA DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.275/REV.1) ON TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL COMPOSITION, DECIDING THAT ON DATE FRANCE CEASES TO BE AN ADMINISTERING MEMBER AND BECOMES A MEMBER UNDER ARTICLE 86, PARAG. 1-B, 2 MEMBERS ELECTED

### Voted against

Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), New Zealand, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Yemen Arab Republic

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Iran, Italy, Laos, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain

## Primary sources

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

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