A/RES/2189(XXI)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 21
Date: 1966-12-13
Meeting record: A/PV.1492
Draft: Amended by A/L.507|A/L.506|A/L.506/Add.1|A/L.506/Add.2
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 76No 7Abstain 20Did not vote 19

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/2189(XXI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Australia	No
Malta	No
New Zealand	No
Portugal	No
South Africa	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
China	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
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
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Cyprus	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Maldives (as “MALDIVE ISLANDS”)	Did not vote
Nepal	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Uganda	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.