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title: "UN R/15/1493B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/1493B: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1960 — 49 in favour, 23 against, 19 abstaining. TO ADOPT 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/4672) REQUESTING BELGIUM TO REVOKE ITS SUSPENSION OF THE POWERS OF THE MWAMI OF RUANDA AND DECIDING TO CONDUCT A U.N.-SUPERVISED REFERENDUM THERE CONCERNING THE MWAMI"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/677"
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# R/15/1493B: RWANDA-BURUNDI, LAND REFORM

Voted 1960-12-07 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

49

54%

No

23

25%

Abstain

19

21%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/4672) REQUESTING BELGIUM TO REVOKE ITS SUSPENSION OF THE POWERS OF THE MWAMI OF RUANDA AND DECIDING TO CONDUCT A U.N.-SUPERVISED REFERENDUM THERE CONCERNING THE MWAMI

### Voted against

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

## Primary sources

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

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