A/RES/1731(XVI)

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

Body: General Assembly, session 16
Date: 1961-12-20
Committee report: A/5062
Meeting record: A/PV.1086
Agenda item(s): Administrative and budgetary procedures of the United Nations.

Tally

Yes 52No 11Abstain 32Did not vote 9

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/1731(XVI)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Finland	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	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
Libya	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	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
Czechoslovakia	No
France	No
Hungary	No
Mongolia	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
China	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Abstain
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Cambodia	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Mexico	Did not vote
Portugal	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Tanganyika	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.