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title: "UN R/17/484 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/484: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1962 — 81 in favour, 2 against, 11 abstaining. TO ADOPT 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5256 AND CORR.1) URGING THE U.K. TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF JOSEPH NKOMO AND OTHER NATIONALIST LEADERS AND THE LIFTING OF THE BAN ON THE ZIMBABWE PEOPLE'S UNION IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/807"
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# R/17/484: RHODESIA

Voted 1962-10-07 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

81

86%

No

2

2%

Abstain

11

12%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5256 AND CORR.1) URGING THE U.K. TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF JOSEPH NKOMO AND OTHER NATIONALIST LEADERS AND THE LIFTING OF THE BAN ON THE ZIMBABWE PEOPLE'S UNION IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA.

### Voted against

Portugal, South Africa

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Turkey, United States

## Primary sources

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

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