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title: "UN R/16/1179 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/1179: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1961 — 48 in favour, 16 against, 32 abstaining. TO ADOPT 16-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.380) DEPLORING CONTINUED U.S.S.R.-HUNGARIAN DISREGARD OF ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS ON HUNGARY."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/783"
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# R/16/1179: HUNGARY, SOVIET INTERVENTION

Voted 1961-12-02 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

48

50%

No

16

17%

Abstain

32

33%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 16-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.380) DEPLORING CONTINUED U.S.S.R.-HUNGARIAN DISREGARD OF ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS ON HUNGARY.

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Guinea, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Mali, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, India, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon

## Primary sources

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

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