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title: "UN R/16/1345 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1345: Colonialism. Rejected in 1962 — 25 in favour, 42 against, 32 abstaining. TO ADOPT 2-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.383) CONDEMNING AND CALLING FOR AN END TO THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL WAR IN ANGOLA AND RECOMMENDING SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF PUNITIVE SANCTIONS AGAINST PORTUGAL."
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# R/16/1345: ANGOLA, PORTUGESE SUPPRESSION

Voted 1962-01-04 · Colonialism

Yes

25

25%

No

42

42%

Abstain

32

32%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 2-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.383) CONDEMNING AND CALLING FOR AN END TO THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL WAR IN ANGOLA AND RECOMMENDING SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF PUNITIVE SANCTIONS AGAINST PORTUGAL.

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cyprus, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Israel, Jordan, Laos

## Primary sources

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

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