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title: "UN Roll call 940 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 940: Colonialism. Adopted in 1966 — 76 in favour, 7 against, 18 abstaining. TO ADOPT 26-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.506 AND ADD.1-2)"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/940"
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# Roll call 940: COLONIALISM, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

Voted 1966-12-07 · Colonialism

Yes

76

75%

No

7

7%

Abstain

18

18%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 26-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.506 AND ADD.1-2)

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mexico

## Primary sources

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

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