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title: "UN R/15/273A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/273A: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 63 in favour, 3 against, 28 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4728) CONDEMNING APARTHEID POLICIES OF SOUTH AFRICA, SAID PARAGRAPH NOTING THAT S. AFRICAN INTRANSIGENCY OVER ITS APARTHEID POLICIES ENDANGERS INTERNATIONAL PEACE A"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/682"
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# R/15/273A: APARTHEID, THREAT TO PEACE

Voted 1961-04-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

63

67%

No

3

3%

Abstain

28

30%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4728) CONDEMNING APARTHEID POLICIES OF SOUTH AFRICA, SAID PARAGRAPH NOTING THAT S. AFRICAN INTRANSIGENCY OVER ITS APARTHEID POLICIES ENDANGERS INTERNATIONAL PEACE A

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Portugal

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland

## Primary sources

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

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