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title: "UN R/15/497A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/497A: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 55 in favour, 31 against, 8 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4744), SAID PARAGRAPH EXHORTING O.A.S. STATES TO ASSIST IN A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CUBA."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/720"
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# R/15/497A: CUBA

Voted 1961-04-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

55

59%

No

31

33%

Abstain

8

9%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4744), SAID PARAGRAPH EXHORTING O.A.S. STATES TO ASSIST IN A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CUBA.

### Voted against

Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Ukraine, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Bolivia, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Jordan, Liberia, Sweden

## Primary sources

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

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