A/RES/1601(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.347
Agenda item(s): The situation in the Republic of the Congo.

Tally

Yes 45No 3Abstain 49Did 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/1601(XV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	No
Portugal	No
Spain	No
Albania	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
China	Abstain
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Peru	Did not vote
Philippines	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.