R/15/1272: COLONIALISM

Summary

TO ADOPT THAT PORTION OF THE U.S.S.R. DRAFT DECLARATION (A/4502) ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES, SAID PORTION BEGINNING WITH: \...THE STATES MEMBERS OF THE UN SOLEMNLY PROCLAIM THE FOLLOWING DEMANDS:\\, AND I"

Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Greece, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Notable abstentions

Austria, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cyprus, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Gabon, Guatemala

Primary sources

• Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)