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title: "UN R/16/398 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/398: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 51 in favour, 31 against, 4 abstaining. TO ADOPT A NEPAL MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/731"
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# R/16/398: SOUTH AFRICA

Voted 1961-10-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

51

59%

No

31

36%

Abstain

4

5%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT A NEPAL MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cuba, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo, Ukraine, Yemen Arab Republic

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Yugoslavia

## Primary sources

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

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