A/RES/1739(XVI)

The United Nations financial position and prospects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 16
Date: 1961-12-20
Committee report: A/5076
Meeting record: A/PV.1086
Agenda item(s): Budget estimates for the financial year 1962.

Tally

Yes 58No 13Abstain 24Did 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/1739(XVI)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	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
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Albania	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Belgium	No
Bulgaria	No
Cuba	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
Brazil	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
China	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
India	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Portugal	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Tanganyika	Did not vote
Uruguay	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.