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title: "UN R/16/873 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/873: Colonialism. Adopted in 1961 — 52 in favour, 35 against, 14 abstaining. TO ADOPT LAST PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 13-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.368) URGING DUTCH-INDONESIAN RENEWED NEGOTIATIONS OVER WEST IRIAN, SAID PARAGRAPH PROVIDING THAT ANY SOLUTION TO THE FUTURE OF A NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORY BE BASED ON THE P"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/747"
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# R/16/873: NON SELF GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Voted 1961-11-05 · Colonialism

Yes

52

51%

No

35

35%

Abstain

14

14%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT LAST PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 13-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.368) URGING DUTCH-INDONESIAN RENEWED NEGOTIATIONS OVER WEST IRIAN, SAID PARAGRAPH PROVIDING THAT ANY SOLUTION TO THE FUTURE OF A NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORY BE BASED ON THE P

### Voted against

Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Congo - Kinshasa, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Guatemala, Iran, Japan, Laos, Pakistan, Portugal, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela

## Primary sources

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

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