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A/RES/1654(XVI)

The situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 16
Date
1961-11-27
Meeting record
A/PV.1066
Draft
A/L.366|A/L.366/Add.1|A/L.366/Add.2|A/L.366/Add.3
Agenda item(s)
The situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples.

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Yes 97Abstain 4Did not vote 2

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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/1654(XVI)
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BelgiumYes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
CanadaYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)Yes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)Yes
DenmarkYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)Yes
El SalvadorYes
EthiopiaYes
FinlandYes
GabonYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
HaitiYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
LibyaYes
LuxembourgYes
MadagascarYes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)Yes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
RomaniaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SomaliaYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SudanYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Yes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United StatesYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
FranceAbstain
South AfricaAbstain
SpainAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
HondurasDid not vote
PortugalDid not vote

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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.