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title: "UN R/15/273B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/273B: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 41 in favour, 34 against, 20 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4728) CONDEMNING THE APARTHEID POLICIES OF SOUTH AFRICA, SAID PARAGRAPH RECOMMENDING STATES TO CONSIDER TAKING SUCH MEASURES AS THE BREAKING-OFF OF DIPLOMATIC RELAT"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/683"
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# R/15/273B: SOUTH AFRICA, SANCTIONS

Voted 1961-04-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

41

43%

No

34

36%

Abstain

20

21%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4728) CONDEMNING THE APARTHEID POLICIES OF SOUTH AFRICA, SAID PARAGRAPH RECOMMENDING STATES TO CONSIDER TAKING SUCH MEASURES AS THE BREAKING-OFF OF DIPLOMATIC RELAT

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Greece, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

### Notable abstentions

Bolivia, Cambodia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Iran, Israel, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines

## Primary sources

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

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