A/RES/1608(XV)

The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 15
Date: 1961-04-21
Committee report: A/4737
Meeting record: A/PV.994
Agenda item(s): Report of the Trusteeship Council.

Tally

Yes 64No 23Abstain 10Did not vote 2

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/1608(XV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	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
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Argentina	No
Belgium	No
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	No
Brazil	No
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	No
Cambodia	No
Cameroon	No
Central African Republic	No
Chad	No
China	No
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	No
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	No
France	No
Gabon	No
Greece	No
Israel	No
Luxembourg	No
Madagascar	No
Niger	No
Paraguay	No
Senegal	No
Uruguay	No
Colombia	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Somalia	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.