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289. Editorial Note

-power draft resolution was rejected by 42 votes to 28, with 27 abstentions. Of the African countries, only the Congo (Léopoldville) and South Africa joined the United States in opposing the resolution; Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, and the United Arab Republic supported it. The U.S.-British resolution received 43 votes in favor, 22 against, and 32 abstentions. It thus failed to received a two-thirds majority and was not adopted. No African nation voted for the resolution; Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, and the United Arab Republic voted against it, while …

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1958-02-06
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Africa, Volume XIV
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v14/d289
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289. Editorial Note. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1958-60v14/d289.