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title: "UN R/15/560D Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/560D: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1960 — 40 in favour, 33 against, 23 abstaining. TO ADOPT PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION (A/4520) SAID PARAGRAPH DECIDING NOT TO CONSIDER ANY PROPOSALS TO EXCLUDE NATIONALIST CHINA OR SEAT RED CHINA IN THE UN, DURING CURRENT SESSION."
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# R/15/560D: CHINA REPRESENTATION

Voted 1960-10-06 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

40

42%

No

33

34%

Abstain

23

24%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION (A/4520) SAID PARAGRAPH DECIDING NOT TO CONSIDER ANY PROPOSALS TO EXCLUDE NATIONALIST CHINA OR SEAT RED CHINA IN THE UN, DURING CURRENT SESSION.

### Voted against

Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mali, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Ukraine, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

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

## Primary sources

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

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