A/RES/2479(XXIII)

Inclusion of Russian among the working languages of the General Assembly (amendment to rule 51 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly) and question of including Russian and Spanish among the working languages of the Security Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 23
Date: 1968-12-21
Committee report: A/7472
Meeting record: A/PV.1752
Draft: Amended by A/L.564
Agenda item(s): Personnel questions.

Tally

Yes 81No 17Abstain 24Did not vote 4

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/2479(XXIII)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
France	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	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
Barbados	No
Belgium	No
China	No
Gabon	No
Ireland	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Luxembourg	No
Malawi	No
Malta	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Portugal	No
South Africa	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Austria	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Gambia	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.