A/RES/1143(XII)

Establishment of a Good Offices Committee on South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 12
Date: 1957-10-25
Committee report: A/3701
Meeting record: A/PV.709
Agenda item(s): Question of South West Africa.

Tally

Yes 50No 10Abstain 20Did not vote 2

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/1143(XII)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Albania	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Hungary	No
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Did not vote
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1

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.