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title: "UN Roll call 855 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "Roll call 855: General Assembly recorded vote. Rejected in 1963 — 40 in favour, 56 against, 12 abstaining. TO ADOPT 2-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.427 AND ADD. 1) REMOVING THE NATIONALIST CHINA U.N. REPRESENTATION AND SEATING COMMUNIST CHINA INSTEAD."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/855"
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# Roll call 855: CHINA REPRESENTATION

Voted 1963-10-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

40

37%

No

56

52%

Abstain

12

11%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 2-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/L.427 AND ADD. 1) REMOVING THE NATIONALIST CHINA U.N. REPRESENTATION AND SEATING COMMUNIST CHINA INSTEAD.

### Notable abstentions

Austria, Iceland, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Trinidad & Tobago

## Primary sources

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

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