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title: "UN Roll call 964 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 964: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1966 — 69 in favour, 16 against, 27 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAG. 4 OF DRAFT RESOL. (A/6624) ON NEW GUINEA AND PAPUA, WHICH PARAGRAPH CALLS UPON THE ADMINISTRATIVE POWER TO REMOVE ALL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES, TO HOLD ELECTIONS ON THE BASIS OF UNIVERSAL ADULT SUFFRAGE AND TO FIX AN E"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/964"
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# Roll call 964: NEW GUINEA AND PAUPA

Voted 1966-12-07 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

69

62%

No

16

14%

Abstain

27

24%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAG. 4 OF DRAFT RESOL. (A/6624) ON NEW GUINEA AND PAPUA, WHICH PARAGRAPH CALLS UPON THE ADMINISTRATIVE POWER TO REMOVE ALL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES, TO HOLD ELECTIONS ON THE BASIS OF UNIVERSAL ADULT SUFFRAGE AND TO FIX AN E

### Voted against

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Israel, Italy

## Primary sources

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

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