A/RES/1616(XV)

Complaint by the Revolutionary Government of Cuba regarding the various plans of aggression and acts of intervention being executed by the Government of the United States of America against the Republic of Cuba, constituting a manifest violation of its territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence, and a clear threat to international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 15
Date: 1961-04-21
Committee report: A/4744
Meeting record: A/PV.995
Agenda item(s): Complaint by the Revolutionary Government of Cuba regarding the various plans of aggression and acts of intervention being executed by the Government of the United States of America against the Republic of Cuba, constituting a manifest violation of its territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence, and a clear threat to international peace and security.

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Yes 59No 13Abstain 24Did not vote 3

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/1616(XV)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Yes
Spain	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Albania	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Guinea	No
Hungary	No
Lebanon	No
Morocco	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Cameroon	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Haiti	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.