A/RES/1719(XVI)

Population growth and economic development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 16
Date: 1961-12-19
Committee report: A/5059
Meeting record: A/PV.1084
Agenda item(s): Population growth and economic development.

Tally

Yes 57No 11Abstain 29Did not vote 7

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/1719(XVI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Australia	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Chad	Yes
Colombia	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
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	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
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Belgium	No
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	No
Costa Rica	No
France	No
Italy	No
Luxembourg	No
Niger	No
Paraguay	No
Portugal	No
Somalia	No
Spain	No
Argentina	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
India	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Tanganyika	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.