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title: "UN R/18/1883 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/18/1883: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1963 — 88 in favour, 2 against, 13 abstaining. TO ADOPT 4TH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5564) INVITING U.K. NOT TO TRANSFER SOVEREIGNTY TO THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT IN SOUTHERN PHODESIA WHICH CAME INTO POWER UNDER THE DISPUTED 1961 CONSTITUTION."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/853"
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# R/18/1883: RHODESIA

Voted 1963-10-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

88

85%

No

2

2%

Abstain

13

13%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 4TH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/5564) INVITING U.K. NOT TO TRANSFER SOVEREIGNTY TO THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT IN SOUTHERN PHODESIA WHICH CAME INTO POWER UNDER THE DISPUTED 1961 CONSTITUTION.

### Voted against

Portugal, South Africa

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, 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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