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title: "UN Roll call 938 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 938: Colonialism. Rejected in 1966 — 37 in favour, 54 against, 9 abstaining. TO ADOPT A U.S. MOTION THAT PARAGRAPH 11 OF THE 26-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.506 AND ADD. 1-2) URGING IMMEDIATE, FURTHER, UNIMPEDED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES, CONSTITUT"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/938"
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# Roll call 938: COLONIALISM, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

Voted 1966-12-07 · Colonialism

Yes

37

37%

No

54

54%

Abstain

9

9%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT A U.S. MOTION THAT PARAGRAPH 11 OF THE 26-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.506 AND ADD. 1-2) URGING IMMEDIATE, FURTHER, UNIMPEDED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES, CONSTITUT

### Notable abstentions

Benin, Central African Republic, Chile, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Niger

## Primary sources

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

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