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title: "UN R/15/1596 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/1596: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 82 in favour, 0 against, 8 abstaining. TO ADOPT 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4721) CALLING SECURITY COUNCIL ATTENTION TO SOUTH WEST AFRICA AND INSTRUCTING THE COMMITTEE ON SOUTH WEST AFRICA TO PROCEED ON ITS FACTFINDING MISSION TO THIS TERRITORY WITH OR WITHOUT SOUTH AFRICA COOPERATION"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/681"
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# R/15/1596: SOUTH WEST AFRICA

Voted 1961-04-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

82

91%

No

0

0%

Abstain

8

9%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4721) CALLING SECURITY COUNCIL ATTENTION TO SOUTH WEST AFRICA AND INSTRUCTING THE COMMITTEE ON SOUTH WEST AFRICA TO PROCEED ON ITS FACTFINDING MISSION TO THIS TERRITORY WITH OR WITHOUT SOUTH AFRICA COOPERATION

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, 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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