UN approves anti-colonial text by 85 votes to 49
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle TribuneOur method
The UN Fourth Committee approved a draft resolution on contemporary forms of colonialism on 15 October 2026 by 85 votes to 49, with 23 abstentions. The text, which refers in particular to unilateral economic measures and interference, must still be submitted to the General Assembly, according to the United Nations statement.
The Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly approved a draft resolution on contemporary forms of colonialism in New York on 15 October 2026, by 85 votes to 49, with 23 abstentions. The result appears in the voting record published on the social media platform X.
France, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Israel, Ukraine and Belgium voted against. The text, numbered A/C.4/81/L.5 and entitled “Responding to contemporary forms of colonialism”, addresses, among other things, unilateral economic measures, according to the UN statement.
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