A/RES/2256(ES-V)

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly
Date: 1967-07-21
Meeting record: A/PV.1558
Draft: A/L.529/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Letter dated 13 June 1967 from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Tally

Yes 63No 26Abstain 27Did not vote 6

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/2256(ES-V)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Norway	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Albania	No
Algeria	No
Burundi	No
Cuba	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF)”)	No
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	No
Guinea	No
Iraq	No
Jordan	No
Kuwait	No
Lebanon	No
Libya	No
Malaysia	No
Mali	No
Mauritania	No
Morocco	No
Pakistan	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Somalia	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	No
Tunisia	No
United Republic of Tanzania	No
Yemen	No
Zambia	No
Cameroon	Abstain
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
France	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Cambodia	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Did not vote

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Topics

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Middle East · r-me-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

MIDDLE EAST SITUATION

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.