A/RES/1620(XV)

Examination of the administrative and budgetary procedures of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 15
Date: 1961-04-21
Committee report: A/4740
Meeting record: A/PV.995
Agenda item(s): Budget estimates for the financial year 1961.

Tally

Yes 44No 13Abstain 32Did not vote 10

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/1620(XV)
Country	Position
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
China	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	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
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Albania	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Hungary	No
Peru	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Uruguay	No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Cameroon	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Portugal	Did not vote
Spain	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.