A/RES/1599(XV)

The situation in the Republic of the Congo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 15
Date: 1961-04-15
Meeting record: A/PV.985
Draft: A/L.339|A/L.339/Add.1|A/L.339/Add.2|A/L.339/Add.3|A/L.339/Add.4|A/L.339/Add.5
Agenda item(s): The situation in the Republic of the Congo.

Tally

Yes 61No 5Abstain 33

Roll call

Roll call – A/RES/1599(XV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mali	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Belgium	No
Nepal	No
Portugal	No
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	No
Uruguay	No
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
France	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain

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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.