A/RES/1181(XII)

Question of defining agression : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 12
Date: 1957-11-29
Committee report: A/3756
Meeting record: A/PV.724
Agenda item(s): Question of defining aggression.

Tally

Yes 42No 24Abstain 15Did not vote 1

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/1181(XII)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	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
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Albania	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Egypt	No
Guatemala	No
Haiti	No
Hungary	No
Indonesia	No
Iraq	No
Jordan	No
Libya	No
Mexico	No
Morocco	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	No
Tunisia	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Yemen	No
Yugoslavia	No
Austria	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
India	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Did not 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.