A/RES/1590(XV)

United Nations operations in the Congo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 15
Date: 1960-12-20
Committee report: A/4681
Meeting record: A/PV.960
Agenda item(s): Budget estimates for the financial year 1961.

Tally

Yes 39No 11Abstain 44Did not vote 5

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/1590(XV)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Greece	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Albania	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Guinea	No
Hungary	No
Morocco	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
France	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Costa Rica	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.