A/RES/2071(XX)

Question of British Guiana : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 20
Date: 1965-12-16
Committee report: A/6160
Meeting record: A/PV.1398
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 87Abstain 19Did 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/2071(XX)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives (as “MALDIVE ISLANDS”)	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
France	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Cyprus	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Singapore	Did not vote
United Republic of Tanzania	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.