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title: "UN R/15/465 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/465: Colonialism. Adopted in 1961 — 62 in favour, 22 against, 11 abstaining. TO ADOPT 4TH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4737) IMPLEMENTING THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT PLEBISCITES IN THE BRITISH CAMEROONS, MINUS UNADOPTED PHRASES IN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 6."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/716"
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# R/15/465: CAMEROON, SELF-DETERMINATION

Voted 1961-04-05 · Colonialism

Yes

62

65%

No

22

23%

Abstain

11

12%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 4TH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4737) IMPLEMENTING THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT PLEBISCITES IN THE BRITISH CAMEROONS, MINUS UNADOPTED PHRASES IN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 6.

### Voted against

Argentina, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Gabon, Greece, Israel, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Niger, Paraguay, Senegal, Uruguay

### Notable abstentions

Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Italy, Laos, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Togo

## Primary sources

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

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