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A/RES/2467(XXIII)[C]

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 85No 9Abstain 25Did 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)[C]
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustriaYes
BarbadosYes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
BurundiYes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CyprusYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)Yes
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)Yes
DenmarkYes
Dominican RepublicYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FinlandYes
GabonYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MoroccoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
RwandaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
SpainYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SwedenYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)No
BulgariaNo
CzechoslovakiaNo
HungaryNo
MongoliaNo
PolandNo
RomaniaNo
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)No
AustraliaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Abstain
CambodiaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
ChinaAbstain
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)Abstain
CubaAbstain
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)Abstain
FranceAbstain
GuineaAbstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JordanAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MadagascarAbstain
MalawiAbstain
New ZealandAbstain
PortugalAbstain
South AfricaAbstain
SudanAbstain
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Abstain
United KingdomAbstain
United StatesAbstain
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.