A/RES/2202(XXI)[A]

The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 21
Date: 1966-12-16
Committee report: A/6579
Meeting record: A/PV.1496
Agenda item(s): The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa.

Tally

Yes 84No 2Abstain 13Did not vote 23

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/2202(XXI)[A]
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives (as “MALDIVE ISLANDS”)	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	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
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Portugal	No
South Africa	No
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
France	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Argentina	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Colombia	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Cuba	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Peru	Did not vote
Singapore	Did not vote
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote

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Topics

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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.