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A/RES/2138(XXI)

Question of southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 21
Date
1966-10-22
Committee report
A/6482
Meeting record
A/PV.1450
Agenda item(s)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 86No 2Abstain 18Did not vote 15

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/2138(XXI)
CountryPosition
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
BurundiYes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
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
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
IsraelYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
LibyaYes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
Maldives (as “MALDIVE ISLANDS”)Yes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
PakistanYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
SpainYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SudanYes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Yes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
PortugalNo
South AfricaNo
ArgentinaAbstain
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
CanadaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
ItalyAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
SwedenAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
United StatesAbstain
AfghanistanDid not vote
BotswanaDid not vote
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Did not vote
CambodiaDid not vote
ColombiaDid not vote
El SalvadorDid not vote
GuatemalaDid not vote
HondurasDid not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Did not vote
LesothoDid not vote
MalawiDid not vote
MaltaDid not vote
NicaraguaDid not vote
PanamaDid not vote
YemenDid 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.