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title: "UN ESS/2/20 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "ESS/2/20: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1956 — 49 in favour, 6 against, 15 abstaining. TO ADOPT U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/3286) CALLING THE U.S.S.R. TO CEASE INTERVENING AND WITHDRAW FROM HUNGARY; REQUESTING THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DISPATCH UN OBSERVERS TO DIRECTLY INVESTIGATE AND MAKE A REPORT TO THE ASSEMBLY ON THE SITUATION IN"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9025"
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# ESS/2/20: HUNGARY, USSR WITHDRAWAL

Voted 1956-11-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

49

70%

No

6

9%

Abstain

15

21%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/3286) CALLING THE U.S.S.R. TO CEASE INTERVENING AND WITHDRAW FROM HUNGARY; REQUESTING THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DISPATCH UN OBSERVERS TO DIRECTLY INVESTIGATE AND MAKE A REPORT TO THE ASSEMBLY ON THE SITUATION IN

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Egypt, Finland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia

## Primary sources

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

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