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title: "UN R/15/505 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/15/505: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1961 — 21 in favour, 38 against, 32 abstaining. TO ADOPT AN ARGENTINA AMENDMENT TO 5TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4740), SAID AMENDMENT REPLACING \\75%\\\\ WITH \\\\\"90%\\\\\" IN ALL SUB-PARAGRAPHS OF PARAGRAPH 8.\\\"\""
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# R/15/505: CONGO, PEACEKEEPING APPROPRIATIONS

Voted 1961-04-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

21

23%

No

38

42%

Abstain

32

35%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT AN ARGENTINA AMENDMENT TO 5TH COMM. DRAFT RESOL. I (A/4740), SAID AMENDMENT REPLACING \75%\\\ WITH \\\\"90%\\\\" IN ALL SUB-PARAGRAPHS OF PARAGRAPH 8.\\""

### Voted against

Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chad, Congo - Kinshasa, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Somalia, Sweden, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Greece, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq

## Primary sources

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

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