S/RES/163(1961)

Security Council resolution 163 (1961) [on the mandate of the Subcommittee on the situation in Angola]

Body: Security Council
Date: 1961-06-09
Meeting record: S/PV.956
Draft: S/4828
Agenda item(s): Letter dated 26 May 1961 addressed to the President of the Security Council by the representatives of Afghanistan, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ceylon, Chad, the Congo (Brazzaville), the Congo (Leopoldville), Cyprus, Dahomey, Ethiopia, Federation of Malaya, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, the Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, the Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, the United Arab Republic, the Upper Volta, Yemen and Yugoslavia (S/4816 and Add.1 and 2).

Tally

Yes 9Abstain 2

Roll call

Roll call – S/RES/163(1961)
Country	Position
Chile	Yes
China · permanent member	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”) · permanent member	Yes
United States · permanent member	Yes
France · permanent member	Abstain
United Kingdom · permanent member	Abstain

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Topics

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

Africa · r-af-1Asia and Pacific · r-as-1Europe and Balkans · r-eu-1Middle East · r-me-1Peacekeeping and missions · r-th-pk

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.