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title: "UN Roll call 899 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 899: Colonialism. Adopted in 1965 — 47 in favour, 36 against, 19 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. V (A/6160) ON THE FUTURE OF VARIOUS ISLAND-TERRITORIES, SAID PARAGRAPH REAFFIRMING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLES OF THESE TERRITORIES TO DECIDE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS, IN ACCORDANCE W"
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# Roll call 899: STATUS OF ISLAND TERRITORIES

Voted 1965-12-01 · Colonialism

Yes

47

46%

No

36

35%

Abstain

19

19%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE 4TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. V (A/6160) ON THE FUTURE OF VARIOUS ISLAND-TERRITORIES, SAID PARAGRAPH REAFFIRMING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLES OF THESE TERRITORIES TO DECIDE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS, IN ACCORDANCE W

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Austria, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chile, Côte d’Ivoire, Finland, Gabon, Iran, Israel, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Niger, Panama

## Primary sources

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

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