A/RES/1603(XV)

The situation in Angola : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 15
Date: 1961-04-20
Meeting record: A/PV.992
Draft: A/L.345|A/L.345/Add.1|A/L.345/Add.2|A/L.345/Add.3|A/L.345/Add.4|A/L.345/Add.5
Agenda item(s): The situation in Angola.

Tally

Yes 73No 2Abstain 9Did not vote 15

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/1603(XV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	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
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	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
Sweden	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	No
Spain	No
Australia	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
France	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Colombia	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Luxembourg	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
Peru	Did not vote
Portugal	Did not vote
Togo	Did not vote
Yemen	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.