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title: "UN Roll call 927 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 927: Colonialism. Rejected in 1966 — 17 in favour, 22 against, 56 abstaining. TO ADOPT SAUDI ARABIA DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.487/REV.1) DECLARING SOUTH AFRICA A RACIST COLONIAL POWER, THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ONLY AS SUCH BY THE UN."
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# Roll call 927: SOUTH AFRICA

Voted 1966-10-04 · Colonialism

Yes

17

18%

No

22

23%

Abstain

56

59%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT SAUDI ARABIA DRAFT RESOL. (A/L.487/REV.1) DECLARING SOUTH AFRICA A RACIST COLONIAL POWER, THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ONLY AS SUCH BY THE UN.

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ghana, Iceland, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Colombia, Congo - Kinshasa, Costa Rica, Cuba

## Primary sources

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

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