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title: "UN R/15/1493A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/1493A: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1960 — 60 in favour, 9 against, 22 abstaining. TO ADOPT 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4672) URGING BELGIUM TO GRANT FULL AMNESTY AND ABOLISH THE EMERGENCY REGIME IN RUANDA-URUNDI; ALSO POSTPONING THE JAN. 1961 ELECTIONS AND SETTING UP A UN COMMISSION FOR RUANDA-URUNDI."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/676"
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# R/15/1493A: RWANDA-BURUNDI, REFERENDUM

Voted 1960-12-07 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

60

66%

No

9

10%

Abstain

22

24%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4672) URGING BELGIUM TO GRANT FULL AMNESTY AND ABOLISH THE EMERGENCY REGIME IN RUANDA-URUNDI; ALSO POSTPONING THE JAN. 1961 ELECTIONS AND SETTING UP A UN COMMISSION FOR RUANDA-URUNDI.

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Austria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand

## Primary sources

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

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