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title: "UN R/2/1170 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/2/1170: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1947 — 24 in favour, 27 against, 3 abstaining. TO ADOPT 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/496) INVITING INDIA, PAKISTAN AND SOUTH AFRICA TO SUBMIT THE QUESTION OF TREATMENT OF INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FOR AN ADVISORY OPINION, SHOULD THE ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE SUGG"
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# R/2/1170: INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Voted 1947-11-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

24

44%

No

27

50%

Abstain

3

6%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/496) INVITING INDIA, PAKISTAN AND SOUTH AFRICA TO SUBMIT THE QUESTION OF TREATMENT OF INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FOR AN ADVISORY OPINION, SHOULD THE ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE SUGG

### Voted against

Afghanistan, Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela

## Primary sources

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

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