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title: "UN ESS/2/78B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "ESS/2/78B: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1956 — 47 in favour, 7 against, 18 abstaining. TO ADOPT 4TH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/3316) MINUS WORDS \\AND OF THE CONVENTION ON GENOCIDE\\\\, SAID PARAGRAPH CONSIDERING SOVIET REPRESSIONS IN HUNGARY TO BE A VIOLATION OF THE UN CHARTER AND OF THE HUNGARIAN ALLIED PO\""
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9029"
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# ESS/2/78B: HUNGARY, CHARTER VIOLATION

Voted 1956-11-03 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

47

65%

No

7

10%

Abstain

18

25%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 4TH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/3316) MINUS WORDS \AND OF THE CONVENTION ON GENOCIDE\\\\, SAID PARAGRAPH CONSIDERING SOVIET REPRESSIONS IN HUNGARY TO BE A VIOLATION OF THE UN CHARTER AND OF THE HUNGARIAN ALLIED PO"

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

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

## Primary sources

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

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