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title: "UN R/16/875 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/875: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 52 in favour, 40 against, 9 abstaining. TO ADOPT WHOLE 13-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.368) ON RENEWED DUTCH-INDONESIAN NEGOTIATIONS OVER WEST IRIAN."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/748"
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# R/16/875: WEST IRIAN

Voted 1961-11-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

52

51%

No

40

40%

Abstain

9

9%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT WHOLE 13-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.368) ON RENEWED DUTCH-INDONESIAN NEGOTIATIONS OVER WEST IRIAN.

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Ecuador, Guatemala, Iran, Japan, Laos, Portugal, South Africa, Turkey

## Primary sources

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

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