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title: "UN R/14/774C Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/14/774C: Colonialism. Rejected in 1959 — 23 in favour, 37 against, 19 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE TUNISIA DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.276/REV.1) ON TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL COMPOSITION, DECIDING ON A DRAWING OF LOTS TO DETERMINE WHICH MEMBERS ELECTED UNDER ARTICLE 86, PARAG. 1-C, SHALL CEASE TO BE MEMBERS OF THE COUNC"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/621"
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# R/14/774C: TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

Voted 1959-12-02 · Colonialism

Yes

23

29%

No

37

47%

Abstain

19

24%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE TUNISIA DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.276/REV.1) ON TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL COMPOSITION, DECIDING ON A DRAWING OF LOTS TO DETERMINE WHICH MEMBERS ELECTED UNDER ARTICLE 86, PARAG. 1-C, SHALL CEASE TO BE MEMBERS OF THE COUNC

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa

## Primary sources

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

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