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title: "UN Roll call 923 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 923: Colonialism. Adopted in 1966 — 89 in favour, 2 against, 26 abstaining. TO ADOPT A 21-POWER AMENDMENT (A/L.488) TO THE 54-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/483 AND ADD. 1-3) DECIDING THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKE OVER THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRUSTEESHIP MANDATE OVER THE TERRITORY OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA. SAID AMENDMENT ADDS WORDS \\.."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/923"
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# Roll call 923: SOUTH WEST AFRICA

Voted 1966-10-04 · Colonialism

Yes

89

76%

No

2

2%

Abstain

26

22%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT A 21-POWER AMENDMENT (A/L.488) TO THE 54-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/483 AND ADD. 1-3) DECIDING THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKE OVER THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRUSTEESHIP MANDATE OVER THE TERRITORY OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA. SAID AMENDMENT ADDS WORDS \\..

### Voted against

Portugal, South Africa

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Burundi, Congo - Brazzaville, Cuba, Egypt, France, Hungary, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia

## Primary sources

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

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