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title: "UN R/15/1593 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/1593: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 72 in favour, 0 against, 9 abstaining. TO ADOPT 4TH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4709) APPEALING TO MEMBER-STATES CLOSELY-CONNECTED WITH SOUTH AFRICA TO EXERT INFLUENCE TOWARD A CHANGED ATTITUDE BY THE LATTER WITH REGARD TO ITS POLICIES OVER SOUTH WEST AFRICA."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/679"
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# R/15/1593: SOUTH WEST AFRICA

Voted 1961-03-01 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

72

89%

No

0

0%

Abstain

9

11%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 4TH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4709) APPEALING TO MEMBER-STATES CLOSELY-CONNECTED WITH SOUTH AFRICA TO EXERT INFLUENCE TOWARD A CHANGED ATTITUDE BY THE LATTER WITH REGARD TO ITS POLICIES OVER SOUTH WEST AFRICA.

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

## Primary sources

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

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