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title: "UN R/15/462 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/462: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1960 — 36 in favour, 36 against, 21 abstaining. TO ADOPT ARGENTINA PROPOSAL FOR SEPARATE VOTES ON THE THE PHRASES \\THE PRESIDENT OF\\\\ AND \\\\\"THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS\\\\\" IN THE OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.317).\\\"\""
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/628"
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# R/15/462: U.S. AND SOVIET RELATIONS

Voted 1960-10-03 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

36

39%

No

36

39%

Abstain

21

23%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT ARGENTINA PROPOSAL FOR SEPARATE VOTES ON THE THE PHRASES \THE PRESIDENT OF\\\ AND \\\\"THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS\\\\" IN THE OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.317).\\""

### Voted against

Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Cuba, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Togo, Venezuela, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Panama

## Primary sources

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

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