A/RES/2427(XXIII)

Question of Papua and the trust Territory of New Guinea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 23
Date: 1968-12-18
Committee report: A/7418
Meeting record: A/PV.1747
Agenda item(s): Report of the Trusteeship Council.

Tally

Yes 72No 19Abstain 24Did not vote 11

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/2427(XXIII)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Nepal	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
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	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
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Denmark	No
Finland	No
Iceland	No
Italy	No
Liberia	No
Luxembourg	No
Maldives	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Portugal	No
South Africa	No
Sweden	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Barbados	Abstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
China	Abstain
France	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Cuba	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
India	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Did not vote
Nicaragua	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.