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title: "UN ESS/2/77A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "ESS/2/77A: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1956 — 49 in favour, 7 against, 16 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/3316), SAID PARAGRAPH NOTING THE CONTINUED SOVIET REPRESSION OF THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE AND SOVIET NON-COMPLIANCE WITH RESOL. 1004 (ESS-II) OF 4 NOV. 1956, CALLING FOR SOVIET WIT"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9026"
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# ESS/2/77A: HUNGARY, USSR REPRESSION

Voted 1956-11-03 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

49

68%

No

7

10%

Abstain

16

22%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/3316), SAID PARAGRAPH NOTING THE CONTINUED SOVIET REPRESSION OF THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE AND SOVIET NON-COMPLIANCE WITH RESOL. 1004 (ESS-II) OF 4 NOV. 1956, CALLING FOR SOVIET WIT

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Austria, Cambodia, Egypt, Finland, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Myanmar (Burma), Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Yemen Arab Republic

## Primary sources

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

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