A/RES/2159(XXI)

Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 21
Date: 1966-11-29
Meeting record: A/PV.1481
Draft: A/L.494|A/L.494/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations.

Tally

Yes 66No 48Abstain 7

Roll call

Roll call – A/RES/2159(XXI)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives (as “MALDIVE ISLANDS”)	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Albania	No
Algeria	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Burundi	No
Cambodia	No
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Denmark	No
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	No
Ethiopia	No
Finland	No
France	No
Ghana	No
Guinea	No
Hungary	No
India	No
Iraq	No
Kenya	No
Kuwait	No
Mali	No
Mauritania	No
Mongolia	No
Morocco	No
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	No
Nepal	No
Nigeria	No
Norway	No
Pakistan	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Senegal	No
Singapore	No
Somalia	No
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	No
Sudan	No
Sweden	No
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	No
Tunisia	No
Uganda	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
United Republic of Tanzania	No
Yemen	No
Yugoslavia	No
Zambia	No
Austria	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain

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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.