UNIndex

← Vote browser

A/RES/1991(XVIII)[A]

Question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 18
Date
1963-12-17
Committee report
A/5675
Meeting record
A/PV.1285
Agenda item(s)
Question of the composition of the General Committee of the General Assembly.

Tally

Yes 97No 11Abstain 4Did not vote 1

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/1991(XVIII)[A]
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
BelgiumYes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
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
CyprusYes
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
HondurasYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
LibyaYes
LuxembourgYes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MexicoYes
MoroccoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
RwandaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SomaliaYes
SpainYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SudanYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Yes
TanganyikaYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)No
BulgariaNo
CubaNo
CzechoslovakiaNo
FranceNo
HungaryNo
MongoliaNo
PolandNo
RomaniaNo
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)No
PortugalAbstain
South AfricaAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
United StatesAbstain
ZanzibarDid not vote

Download this roll call: CSV · JSON · API, licence and how to cite

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.