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title: "UN ESS/2/78A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "ESS/2/78A: Human rights. Adopted in 1956 — 48 in favour, 7 against, 17 abstaining. TO ADOPT 3RD PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/3316), SAID PARAGRAPH DECLARING THAT FOREIGN INTERVENTION DENIES HUNGARIAN PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS, FREEDOMS, INDEPENDENCE AND A FREE, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9028"
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# ESS/2/78A: HUNGARY, FOREIGN INTERVENTION

Voted 1956-11-03 · Human rights

Yes

48

67%

No

7

10%

Abstain

17

24%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 3RD PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/3316), SAID PARAGRAPH DECLARING THAT FOREIGN INTERVENTION DENIES HUNGARIAN PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS, FREEDOMS, INDEPENDENCE AND A FREE, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

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

## Primary sources

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

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