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title: "UN R/15/495 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/495: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 54 in favour, 14 against, 25 abstaining. TO ADOPT 3RD PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4744), ON CUBAN COMPLAINT OF U.S. AGRESSION AND INTERVENTION, SAID PARAGRAPH RECALLING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 19 JULY 1960 AND THE PRINCIPLE OF PEACEFUL MEANS OF SETTLEME"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/718"
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# R/15/495: CUBA

Voted 1961-04-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

54

58%

No

14

15%

Abstain

25

27%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 3RD PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4744), ON CUBAN COMPLAINT OF U.S. AGRESSION AND INTERVENTION, SAID PARAGRAPH RECALLING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 19 JULY 1960 AND THE PRINCIPLE OF PEACEFUL MEANS OF SETTLEME

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cuba, Guinea, Hungary, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Austria, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon

## Primary sources

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

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