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title: "UN R/15/350 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/350: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1961 — 32 in favour, 40 against, 15 abstaining. TO ADOPT LIBERIAN PROPOSAL TO ADJOURN DEBATE ON ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS INTO THE UN."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/702"
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# R/15/350: ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS

Voted 1961-04-03 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

32

37%

No

40

46%

Abstain

15

17%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT LIBERIAN PROPOSAL TO ADJOURN DEBATE ON ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS INTO THE UN.

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Finland, France, Gabon, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Chile, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Somalia, Thailand, Togo, Venezuela

## Primary sources

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

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