S/RES/263(1969)

Security Council resolution 263 (1969) [on inclusion of Russian and Spanish among the working languages of the Security Council]

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: 1969-01-24
Meeting record: S/PV.1463
Draft: S/8976
Note in source: Adopted without vote
Agenda item(s): Letter dated 9 January 1969 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, transmitting the text of General Assembly resolution 2479 (XXIII) of 21 December 1968.

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/263(1969)
Country	Position
Algeria	Adopted without a vote
China · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
Colombia	Adopted without a vote
Finland	Adopted without a vote
France · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
Hungary	Adopted without a vote
Nepal	Adopted without a vote
Pakistan	Adopted without a vote
Paraguay	Adopted without a vote
Senegal	Adopted without a vote
Spain	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
Zambia	Adopted without a 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.