A/RES/2181(XXI)

Consideration of principles of international law concerning friendly relations and co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 21
Date: 1966-12-12
Committee report: A/6547
Meeting record: A/PV.1489
Agenda item(s): Consideration of principles of international law concerning friendly relations and cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.

Tally

Yes 85Abstain 2Did not vote 35

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/2181(XXI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	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
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives (as “MALDIVE ISLANDS”)	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
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
France	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Pakistan	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
Peru	Did not vote
Portugal	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote
Zambia	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.