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title: "UN Roll call 971 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 971: Colonialism. Adopted in 1966 — 71 in favour, 18 against, 26 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAG. 4 OF DRAFT RESOL. (A/6628) ON THE 26 TERRITORIES, WHICH PARAGRAPH REITERATES THE DECLARATION THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT THE NATIONAL UNITY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF ANY OF THE TERRITORIES, OR TO ESTABLISH MILITARY"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/971"
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# Roll call 971: NON SELF GOV. TERRITORIES, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

Voted 1966-12-07 · Colonialism

Yes

71

62%

No

18

16%

Abstain

26

23%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAG. 4 OF DRAFT RESOL. (A/6628) ON THE 26 TERRITORIES, WHICH PARAGRAPH REITERATES THE DECLARATION THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT THE NATIONAL UNITY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF ANY OF THE TERRITORIES, OR TO ESTABLISH MILITARY

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Guatemala, Haiti, Iran, Ireland, Israel

## Primary sources

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

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