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title: "UN R/16/889B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/889B: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 95 in favour, 2 against, 1 abstaining. TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/4968), MINUS THE UNADOPTED PARAGRAPHS 4 (PART 2), 6 AND 7, WHICH PARAGRAPHS HAD DEPLORED CONTINUED SOUTH AFRICA DISREGARD OF THE UN WITH RESPECT TO ITS APARTHEID POLICIES AND CALLING O"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/754"
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# R/16/889B: SOUTH AFRICA, SANCTIONS

Voted 1961-11-06 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

95

97%

No

2

2%

Abstain

1

1%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/4968), MINUS THE UNADOPTED PARAGRAPHS 4 (PART 2), 6 AND 7, WHICH PARAGRAPHS HAD DEPLORED CONTINUED SOUTH AFRICA DISREGARD OF THE UN WITH RESPECT TO ITS APARTHEID POLICIES AND CALLING O

### Voted against

Portugal, South Africa

### Notable abstentions

Guinea

## Primary sources

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

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