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title: "UN ESS/2/79B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "ESS/2/79B: Colonialism. Adopted in 1956 — 48 in favour, 7 against, 17 abstaining. TO ADOPT WHOLE OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/3316), CALLING FOR FREE ELECTIONS UNDER UN AUSPICES TO BE HELD IN HUNGARY UPON ESTABLISHMENT OF LAW AND ORDER, SO HUNGARIANS COULD EXERCISE DETERMINATION OF THE FORM OF GOV"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9033"
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# ESS/2/79B: HUNGARY, FREE ELECTIONS

Voted 1956-11-03 · Colonialism

Yes

48

67%

No

7

10%

Abstain

17

24%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT WHOLE OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE 5-POWER DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/3316), CALLING FOR FREE ELECTIONS UNDER UN AUSPICES TO BE HELD IN HUNGARY UPON ESTABLISHMENT OF LAW AND ORDER, SO HUNGARIANS COULD EXERCISE DETERMINATION OF THE FORM OF GOV

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Austria, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, 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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