S/RES/117(1956)

Security Council resolution 117 (1956) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice]

Adopted without a vote or by acclamation. The UN dataset lists every member as 'Yes' by convention; these are not recorded votes and are excluded from agreement figures.

Body: Security Council
Date: 1956-09-06
Meeting record: S/PV.733
Note in source: Adopted without vote
Agenda item(s): Date of election to fill a vacancy in the International Court of Justice.

Tally

Adopted without a vote

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 – S/RES/117(1956)
Country	Position
Australia	Adopted without a vote
Belgium	Adopted without a vote
China · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
Cuba	Adopted without a vote
France · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Adopted without a vote
Peru	Adopted without a vote
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”) · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
United Kingdom · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
United States · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
Yugoslavia	Adopted without a vote

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Topics

Assigned automatically by keyword rules, not by the UN. Rule ids are shown for audit.

International justice · r-th-justMembership and appointments · r-th-mem

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.