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title: "UN R/15/1272 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/1272: Colonialism. Rejected in 1960 — 31 in favour, 34 against, 30 abstaining. 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\""
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/654"
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# R/15/1272: COLONIALISM

Voted 1960-12-01 · Colonialism

Yes

31

33%

No

34

36%

Abstain

30

32%

Absent

0

0%

## 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)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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