United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1668 (XVI) was an act of the UN General Assembly that deemed the issue of China representation at the UN an important question under the UN Charter; therefore any proposal to change the designated representation of China at the UN would require a two-thirds majority vote. The impetus for UN Resolution 1668 (1961) was raised by United States, Australia, Japan, Italy and Colombia and passed with 61 UN Member States voting in its favor, 34 UN Member States voted against it, 7 UN Member States abstaining, and 2 UN Member States non-voting. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations was signed by the Republic of China on 18 April 1961 and ratified on 19 December 1969. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is the cornerstone of modern-day dip