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title: "UN ESS/2/77B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "ESS/2/77B: Human rights. Adopted in 1956 — 50 in favour, 7 against, 15 abstaining. TO ADOPT 2ND PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/3316), SAID PARAGRAPH STATING THAT EVENTS IN HUNGARY CLEARLY MANIFEST HUNGARIAN PEOPLE'S DESIRE FOR FULL ENJOYMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND INDEPENDENCE."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9027"
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# ESS/2/77B: HUNGARY, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Voted 1956-11-03 · Human rights

Yes

50

69%

No

7

10%

Abstain

15

21%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 2ND PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/3316), SAID PARAGRAPH STATING THAT EVENTS IN HUNGARY CLEARLY MANIFEST HUNGARIAN PEOPLE'S DESIRE FOR FULL ENJOYMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND INDEPENDENCE.

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, 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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