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title: "UN R/15/559 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/559: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1960 — 33 in favour, 37 against, 26 abstaining. TO ADOPT THE 1ST NEPAL AMENDMENT (A/L.314) TO A GENERAL COMM. RECOMMENDATION (A/4520) REJECTING AN AGENDA ITEM ON CHINA UN REPRESENTATION, SAID AMENDMENT REPLACING WORD \\REJECT\\\\ IN PARAGRAPH 1 WITH WORDS \\\\\"ACCEDE TO.\\\\\"\""
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# R/15/559: CHINA REPRESENTATION

Voted 1960-10-06 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

33

34%

No

37

39%

Abstain

26

27%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT THE 1ST NEPAL AMENDMENT (A/L.314) TO A GENERAL COMM. RECOMMENDATION (A/4520) REJECTING AN AGENDA ITEM ON CHINA UN REPRESENTATION, SAID AMENDMENT REPLACING WORD \REJECT\\\ IN PARAGRAPH 1 WITH WORDS \\\\"ACCEDE TO.\\\\""

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Cyprus, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Gabon, Iceland, Israel, Laos, Libya

## Primary sources

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

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