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A/RES/1404(XIV)

Question of an increase in the membership of the Security Council and of the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 14
Date
1959-11-25
Committee report
A/4256
Meeting record
A/PV.843
Draft
A/L.269
Agenda item(s)
Question of amending the United Nations Charter, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 108 of the Charter, to increase the number of non-permanent members of the Security Council and the number of votes required for decisions of the Council. · Question of amending the United Nations Charter, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 108 of the Charter, to increase the number of non-permanent members of the Economic and Social Council. · Question of amending the Statute of the International Court of Justice, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 108 of the Charter of the United Nations and Article 69 of the Statute of the Court, with respect to an increase in the number of judges of the International Court of Justice.

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Yes 48No 10Abstain 22Did not vote 2

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'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/1404(XIV)
CountryPosition
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
BelgiumYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
CanadaYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
CubaYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
El SalvadorYes
FranceYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IcelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
LuxembourgYes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)Yes
MexicoYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PortugalYes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)Yes
SpainYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SudanYes
ThailandYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
United KingdomYes
United StatesYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
AlbaniaNo
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)No
BulgariaNo
CzechoslovakiaNo
HungaryNo
PolandNo
RomaniaNo
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)No
YugoslaviaNo
AfghanistanAbstain
CambodiaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)Abstain
EthiopiaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
GhanaAbstain
GuineaAbstain
IndiaAbstain
IndonesiaAbstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Abstain
IraqAbstain
IrelandAbstain
LibyaAbstain
MoroccoAbstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Abstain
NepalAbstain
NorwayAbstain
Saudi ArabiaAbstain
SwedenAbstain
TunisiaAbstain
YemenAbstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Did not vote
NicaraguaDid not vote

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International justice · r-th-just

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.