A/RES/1668(XVI)

Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 16
Date: 1961-12-15
Meeting record: A/PV.1080
Draft: A/L.372
Agenda item(s): Question of the representation of China in the United Nations. · Resporation of lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations.

Tally

Yes 61No 34Abstain 7Did 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/1668(XVI)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
France	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Albania	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Cambodia	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Denmark	No
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	No
Ethiopia	No
Finland	No
Ghana	No
Guinea	No
Hungary	No
India	No
Indonesia	No
Iraq	No
Mali	No
Mongolia	No
Morocco	No
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	No
Nepal	No
Norway	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	No
Sudan	No
Sweden	No
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	No
Tunisia	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Yemen	No
Yugoslavia	No
Austria	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Tanganyika	Abstain
Gabon	Did not vote
Togo	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.