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title: "UN ESS/2/179A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "ESS/2/179A: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 1956 — 38 in favour, 12 against, 23 abstaining. TO ADOPT PHRASE \\...UNDER UN AUSPICES\\\\ IN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/3316), SAID PARAGRAPH ON FREE ELECTIONS IN HUNGARY.\\\"\""
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# ESS/2/179A: HUNGARY, FREE ELECTIONS

Voted 1956-11-03 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

38

52%

No

12

16%

Abstain

23

32%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT PHRASE \\...UNDER UN AUSPICES\\\ IN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOL. (A/3316), SAID PARAGRAPH ON FREE ELECTIONS IN HUNGARY.\\""

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, India, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Austria, Cambodia, Egypt, Haiti, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal

## Primary sources

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

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