A/RES/1652(XVI)

Consideration of Africa as a denuclearized zone : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 16
Date: 1961-11-24
Committee report: A/4942/Add.3
Meeting record: A/PV.1063
Agenda item(s): Continuation of suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests and obligations of States to refrain from their renewal.

Tally

Yes 55Abstain 44Did not vote 4

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'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/1652(XVI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	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
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

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.