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A/RES/2467(XXIII)[A]

Examination of the question of the reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction, and the use of their resources in the interests of mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 23
Date
1968-12-21
Committee report
A/7477
Meeting record
A/PV.1752
Agenda item(s)
Examination of the question of the reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction, and the use of their resources in the interests of mankind.

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Yes 112Abstain 7Did not vote 7

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'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/2467(XXIII)[A]
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
BarbadosYes
BelgiumYes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
CameroonYes
CanadaYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)Yes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)Yes
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)Yes
DenmarkYes
Dominican RepublicYes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)Yes
El SalvadorYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
LuxembourgYes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
PortugalYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
South AfricaYes
SpainYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SudanYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Yes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
United KingdomYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
United StatesYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Abstain
CambodiaAbstain
CubaAbstain
Equatorial GuineaAbstain
HungaryAbstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Abstain
AlbaniaDid not vote
BotswanaDid not vote
EcuadorDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
IraqDid not vote
LibyaDid not vote
NicaraguaDid not vote

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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.