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A/RES/1956(XVIII)

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 18
Date
1963-12-11
Meeting record
A/PV.1277
Draft
A/L.443|A/L.443/Add.1|A/L.443/Add.2|A/L.445|A/L.445/Add.1
Agenda item(s)
Report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 95Abstain 6Did 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/1956(XVIII)
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
CanadaYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
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
EthiopiaYes
FinlandYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuineaYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
LibyaYes
LuxembourgYes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
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
RwandaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SomaliaYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SudanYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Yes
TanganyikaYes
ThailandYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
BelgiumAbstain
FranceAbstain
South AfricaAbstain
SpainAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
United StatesAbstain
Central African RepublicDid not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)Did not vote
El SalvadorDid not vote
GabonDid not vote
GuatemalaDid not vote
HaitiDid not vote
HondurasDid not vote
PortugalDid not vote
Saudi ArabiaDid not vote
TogoDid 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.