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title: "UN R/16/889A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/889A: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 46 in favour, 32 against, 20 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 7 OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. II (A/4968) WHICH PARAGRAPH CALLS UPON UN MEMBERS TO CEASE THEIR PETROLEUM EXPORTS TO SOUTH AFRICA."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/753"
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# R/16/889A: SOUTH AFRICA, SANCTIONS

Voted 1961-11-06 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

46

47%

No

32

33%

Abstain

20

20%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 7 OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. II (A/4968) WHICH PARAGRAPH CALLS UPON UN MEMBERS TO CEASE THEIR PETROLEUM EXPORTS TO SOUTH AFRICA.

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Israel, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Philippines

## Primary sources

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

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