A/RES/1700(XVI)

Question of the renewal of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing-Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 16
Date: 1961-12-19
Committee report: A/5047
Meeting record: A/PV.1083
Agenda item(s): Question of the renewal of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing-Territories.

Tally

Yes 77Abstain 16Did not vote 11

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/1700(XVI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Haiti	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Tanganyika	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Albania	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
France	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Portugal	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	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.