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title: "UN R/16/406 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/406: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 66 in favour, 1 against, 19 abstaining. TO ADOPT A LIBERIAN MOTION TO CENSURE THE DELEGATE OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR STATEMENTS EARLIER MADE BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY REGARDING APARTHEID."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/732"
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# R/16/406: SOUTH AFRICA

Voted 1961-10-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

66

77%

No

1

1%

Abstain

19

22%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT A LIBERIAN MOTION TO CENSURE THE DELEGATE OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR STATEMENTS EARLIER MADE BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY REGARDING APARTHEID.

### Voted against

South Africa

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Finland, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Nicaragua

## Primary sources

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

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