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title: "UN ESS/1/71A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "ESS/1/71A: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1956 — 56 in favour, 0 against, 18 abstaining. TO ADOPT CANADIAN DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/3276) REQUESTING SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SUBMIT WITHIN 24 HOURS A PLAN FOR SETTING UP A UN EMERGENCY FORCE TO SECURE AND SUPERVISE THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AT THE SUEZ CANAL ZONE."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9020"
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# ESS/1/71A: SUEZ CANA, EMERGENCY FORCE

Voted 1956-11-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

56

76%

No

0

0%

Abstain

18

24%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT CANADIAN DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/3276) REQUESTING SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SUBMIT WITHIN 24 HOURS A PLAN FOR SETTING UP A UN EMERGENCY FORCE TO SECURE AND SUPERVISE THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AT THE SUEZ CANAL ZONE.

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, Hungary, Israel, Laos, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia

## Primary sources

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

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