A/RES/1604(XV)

Report of the Director of the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 15
Date: 1961-04-21
Committee report: A/4734
Meeting record: A/PV.993
Agenda item(s): Report of the Director of the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

Tally

Yes 37No 17Abstain 38Did not vote 7

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/1604(XV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	No
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	No
Cameroon	No
Chad	No
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	No
Gabon	No
Guatemala	No
Honduras	No
Israel	No
Jordan	No
Luxembourg	No
Madagascar	No
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	No
Niger	No
Senegal	No
Uruguay	No
Albania	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
France	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Argentina	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Peru	Did not vote

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Topics

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Humanitarian and protection · r-th-humMiddle East · r-me-1

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.