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A/RES/1978(XVIII)[B]

The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 18
Date
1963-12-16
Committee report
A/5565/Add.1
Meeting record
A/PV.1283
Agenda item(s)
The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa.

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Yes 99No 2Did not vote 12

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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/1978(XVIII)[B]
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
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
BurundiYes
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
EthiopiaYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
HaitiYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
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
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
PanamaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
RomaniaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SomaliaYes
SpainYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SudanYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Yes
TanganyikaYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United KingdomYes
United StatesYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YugoslaviaYes
PortugalNo
South AfricaNo
El SalvadorDid not vote
HondurasDid not vote
KenyaDid not vote
KuwaitDid not vote
NicaraguaDid not vote
PakistanDid not vote
ParaguayDid not vote
RwandaDid not vote
Saudi ArabiaDid not vote
ThailandDid not vote
YemenDid not vote
ZanzibarDid not vote

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Africa · r-af-1

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.