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title: "UN Roll call 967 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 967: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1966 — 71 in favour, 2 against, 38 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAG. 4 OF DRAFT RESOL. (A/6583) ON FRENCH SOMALILAND, WHICH PARAGRAPH REQUESTS THE ADMINISTERING POWER TO MAKE APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR A U.N. PRESENCE BEFORE, AND SUPERVISION DURING, THE HOLDING OF A REFERENDUM."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/967"
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# Roll call 967: FRENCH SOMALILAND, REFERENDUM

Voted 1966-12-07 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

71

64%

No

2

2%

Abstain

38

34%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAG. 4 OF DRAFT RESOL. (A/6583) ON FRENCH SOMALILAND, WHICH PARAGRAPH REQUESTS THE ADMINISTERING POWER TO MAKE APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR A U.N. PRESENCE BEFORE, AND SUPERVISION DURING, THE HOLDING OF A REFERENDUM.

### Voted against

Portugal, South Africa

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon

## Primary sources

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

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