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title: "UN R/15/1429B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/1429B: Colonialism. Adopted in 1960 — 51 in favour, 26 against, 17 abstaining. TO ADOPT A CYPRUS AMENDMENT (A/L.333) TO 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4660), SAID AMENDMENT REPLACING EXISTING OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4 WITH TEXT RECOMMENDING A UN REFERENDUM ON SELF-DETERMINATION IN ALGERIA."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/668"
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# R/15/1429B: ALGERIA, PLEBISCITE

Voted 1960-12-06 · Colonialism

Yes

51

54%

No

26

28%

Abstain

17

18%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT A CYPRUS AMENDMENT (A/L.333) TO 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4660), SAID AMENDMENT REPLACING EXISTING OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4 WITH TEXT RECOMMENDING A UN REFERENDUM ON SELF-DETERMINATION IN ALGERIA.

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo - Brazzaville, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Greece, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Japan, Laos, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines

## Primary sources

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

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