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title: "UN R/15/496 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/496: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1961 — 28 in favour, 49 against, 15 abstaining. TO ADOPT GUINEA PROPOSAL FOR SEPARATE VOTES ON 2 PHRASES IN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION I (A/4744)."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/719"
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# R/15/496: CUBA

Voted 1961-04-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

28

30%

No

49

53%

Abstain

15

16%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT GUINEA PROPOSAL FOR SEPARATE VOTES ON 2 PHRASES IN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION I (A/4744).

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Iran, Ireland, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, Somalia, Sweden, Tunisia

## Primary sources

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

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