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title: "UN Roll call 949 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 949: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1966 — 83 in favour, 2 against, 13 abstaining. TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. A (A/6579) CONDEMNING SOUTH AFRICA'S APARTHEID POLICIES; DEPLORING THE MAIN TRADING PARTNERS OF S. AFRICA INCLUDING 3 PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL FOR ENCOURAGING THE PERSISTENCE OF THE"
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# Roll call 949: SOUTH AFRICA, APARTHEID

Voted 1966-12-03 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

83

85%

No

2

2%

Abstain

13

13%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT SPECIAL POLITICAL COMM. DRAFT RESOL. A (A/6579) CONDEMNING SOUTH AFRICA'S APARTHEID POLICIES; DEPLORING THE MAIN TRADING PARTNERS OF S. AFRICA INCLUDING 3 PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL FOR ENCOURAGING THE PERSISTENCE OF THE

### Voted against

Portugal, South Africa

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

## Primary sources

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

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