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title: "UN R/16/1511C Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1511C: Colonialism. Adopted in 1962 — 92 in favour, 0 against, 9 abstaining. TO ADOPT THE 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5142)."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/800"
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# R/16/1511C: RWANDA-BURUNDI, SELF-DETERMINATION

Voted 1962-06-02 · Colonialism

Yes

92

91%

No

0

0%

Abstain

9

9%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT THE 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5142).

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

## Primary sources

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

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