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title: "UN R/16/1029 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1029: Colonialism. Adopted in 1961 — 32 in favour, 21 against, 36 abstaining. TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5010) URGING WITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN FORCES FROM OMAN AND URGING A NEGOTIATED POLITICAL SETTLEMENT."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/755"
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# R/16/1029: OMAN, SELF-DETERMINATION

Voted 1961-12-03 · Colonialism

Yes

32

36%

No

21

24%

Abstain

36

40%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5010) URGING WITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN FORCES FROM OMAN AND URGING A NEGOTIATED POLITICAL SETTLEMENT.

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Japan

## Primary sources

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

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