A/RES/1192(XII)

Composition of the General Committee of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 12
Date: 1957-12-12
Committee report: A/3781
Meeting record: A/PV.728
Draft: Amended by A/L.242
Agenda item(s): Question of the composition of the General Committee of the General Assembly.

Tally

Yes 49No 1Abstain 27Did not vote 5

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/1192(XII)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Chile	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
China	No
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Greece	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
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.