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title: "UN R/15/708 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/708: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1960 — 9 in favour, 53 against, 33 abstaining. TO ADOPT U.S.S.R. AMENDMENT (A/L.313/REV.1) TO A GENERAL COMM. RECOMMENDATION (A/4520) ALLOCATING ITEM 80 ON U.S.S.R. COMPLAINT OF U.S. AGRESSIONS TO THE 1ST COMMITTEE, SAID AMENDMENT ALLOCATING ITEM 80 TO PLENARY CONSIDERATION."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/641"
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# R/15/708: U.S. AGGRESSION

Voted 1960-10-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

9

9%

No

53

56%

Abstain

33

35%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT U.S.S.R. AMENDMENT (A/L.313/REV.1) TO A GENERAL COMM. RECOMMENDATION (A/4520) ALLOCATING ITEM 80 ON U.S.S.R. COMPLAINT OF U.S. AGRESSIONS TO THE 1ST COMMITTEE, SAID AMENDMENT ALLOCATING ITEM 80 TO PLENARY CONSIDERATION.

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Austria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Laos

## Primary sources

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

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