A/RES/141(II)

Consideration of proposed new trusteeship agreements, if any : question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 2
Date: 1947-11-01
Committee report: A/422
Meeting record: A/PV.105
Agenda item(s): Consideration of proposed new Trusteeship agreements, if any.

Tally

Yes 41No 10Abstain 4Did 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/141(II)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
France	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand (as “SIAM”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Argentina	No
Australia	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
El Salvador	No
Greece	No
Nicaragua	No
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
United Kingdom	No
Costa Rica	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Honduras	Did not vote
Yemen	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.