A/RES/1353(XIV)

Question of Tibet : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 14
Date: 1959-10-21
Meeting record: A/PV.834
Draft: A/L.264
Agenda item(s): Question of Tibet.

Tally

Yes 45No 9Abstain 26Did not vote 2

Roll call

'Did not vote' combines members that were absent and members present that did not participate; the source does not distinguish them.

Roll call – A/RES/1353(XIV)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Albania	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Hungary	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote

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Sources

Voting data: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Security Council Voting Data (Version 7, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4055387, and General Assembly Voting Data (Version 6, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4060887. Vetoes: UN Peace & Security Data Hub, Security Council Data – Vetoes Since 1946 (DPPA-SCVETOES). © United Nations; used for non-commercial purposes with attribution.