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title: "UN Roll call 911 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 911: Colonialism. Adopted in 1965 — 73 in favour, 6 against, 26 abstaining. TO ADOPT THE 23-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.476/REV.1 AND ADD.1) ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/911"
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# Roll call 911: INDEPENDENCE, IMPLEMENTATION

Voted 1965-12-05 · Colonialism

Yes

73

70%

No

6

6%

Abstain

26

25%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT THE 23-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.476/REV.1 AND ADD.1) ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES.

### Voted against

Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy

## Primary sources

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

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