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title: "UN Roll call 897 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 897: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1965 — 75 in favour, 4 against, 26 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. III (A/6160) ON THE FUTURE OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA, SAID PARAGRAPH REQUESTING SPAIN AS ADMINISTERING POWER TO SET THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THAT TERRITORY AFTER"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/897"
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# Roll call 897: EQUATORIAL GUINEA, PLEBESCITE

Voted 1965-12-01 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

75

71%

No

4

4%

Abstain

26

25%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. III (A/6160) ON THE FUTURE OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA, SAID PARAGRAPH REQUESTING SPAIN AS ADMINISTERING POWER TO SET THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THAT TERRITORY AFTER

### Voted against

Bolivia, Colombia, Portugal, Spain

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Gabon, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg

## Primary sources

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

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