A/RES/1650(XVI)

The status of Algerians imprisoned in France : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 16
Date: 1961-11-15
Meeting record: A/PV.1055
Draft: A/L.365|A/L.365/Add.1
Agenda item(s): The situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples.

Tally

Yes 62Abstain 31Did not vote 10

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/1650(XVI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chad	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
France	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Paraguay	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.