A/RES/1579(XV)

Question of the future of Ruanda-Urundi : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 15
Date: 1960-12-20
Committee report: A/4672
Meeting record: A/PV.960
Agenda item(s): Question of the future of Ruanda-Urundi.

Tally

Yes 61No 9Abstain 23Did not vote 6

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/1579(XV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Australia	No
Belgium	No
France	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
Portugal	No
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	No
Spain	No
United Kingdom	No
Argentina	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
Mali	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.