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title: "UN R/15/1273B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/1273B: Colonialism. Rejected in 1960 — 28 in favour, 46 against, 22 abstaining. TO ADOPT A U.S.S.R. AMENDMENT (A/L.328) TO THE 43-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.323 AND ADD.1-6), A DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES, SAID AMENDMENT ADDING AN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 8 CALLING UPON POWERS CONC"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/656"
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# R/15/1273B: COLONIALISM

Voted 1960-12-01 · Colonialism

Yes

28

29%

No

46

48%

Abstain

22

23%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT A U.S.S.R. AMENDMENT (A/L.328) TO THE 43-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.323 AND ADD.1-6), A DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES, SAID AMENDMENT ADDING AN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 8 CALLING UPON POWERS CONC

### Notable abstentions

Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Kinshasa, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Ghana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Myanmar (Burma)

## Primary sources

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

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