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title: "UN R/16/1510A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1510A: Colonialism. Rejected in 1962 — 23 in favour, 45 against, 33 abstaining. TO ADOPT A U.S.S.R. AMENDMENT (A/L.388) TO 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5142) TERMINATING THE TRUSTEESHIP AGREEMENT FOR RUANDA-URUNDI, AND CALLING FOR EVACUATION OF BELGIAN FORCES FROM RWANDA AND BURUNDI. SAID AMENDMENT INSERTING PHRASE \\BY 1 JU"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/796"
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# R/16/1510A: RWANDA-BURUNDI, BELGIAN TROOPS

Voted 1962-06-02 · Colonialism

Yes

23

23%

No

45

45%

Abstain

33

33%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT A U.S.S.R. AMENDMENT (A/L.388) TO 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5142) TERMINATING THE TRUSTEESHIP AGREEMENT FOR RUANDA-URUNDI, AND CALLING FOR EVACUATION OF BELGIAN FORCES FROM RWANDA AND BURUNDI. SAID AMENDMENT INSERTING PHRASE \BY 1 JU

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cyprus, Côte d’Ivoire, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon

## Primary sources

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

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