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title: "UN R/15/561 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/561: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1960 — 41 in favour, 33 against, 22 abstaining. TO ADOPT GENERAL COMM. RECOMMENDATION (A/4520) ON CHINA REPRESENTATION IN THE UN."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/636"
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# R/15/561: CHINA REPRESENTATION

Voted 1960-10-06 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

41

43%

No

33

34%

Abstain

22

23%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT GENERAL COMM. RECOMMENDATION (A/4520) ON CHINA REPRESENTATION IN THE UN.

### 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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