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title: "UN R/15/1273A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/1273A: Colonialism. Rejected in 1960 — 24 in favour, 42 against, 29 abstaining. TO ADOPT REMAINDER OF U.S.S.R. DRAFT DECLARATION (A/4502) ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES, SAID PORTION BEGINNING WITH PARAGRAPH 4."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/655"
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# R/15/1273A: COLONIALISM

Voted 1960-12-01 · Colonialism

Yes

24

25%

No

42

44%

Abstain

29

31%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT REMAINDER OF U.S.S.R. DRAFT DECLARATION (A/4502) ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES, SAID PORTION BEGINNING WITH PARAGRAPH 4.

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Finland, Gabon, Haiti, India, Indonesia

## Primary sources

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

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