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title: "UN R/15/497C Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/497C: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 40 in favour, 34 against, 20 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/4744) URGING NON-INTERVENTION IN CUBA."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/722"
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# R/15/497C: CUBA

Voted 1961-04-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

40

43%

No

34

36%

Abstain

20

21%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION II (A/4744) URGING NON-INTERVENTION IN CUBA.

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, El Salvador, France, Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Benin, Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, Iceland, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Liberia, Malaysia, Norway

## Primary sources

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

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