A/RES/2574(XXIV)[D]

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 24
Date: 1969-12-15
Committee report: A/7834
Meeting record: A/PV.1833
Agenda item(s): 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.

Tally

Yes 62No 28Abstain 28Did not vote 8

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/2574(XXIV)[D]
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	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
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Belgium	No
Bulgaria	No
Canada	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Denmark	No
France	No
Ghana	No
Hungary	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Luxembourg	No
Malta	No
Mongolia	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Poland	No
Portugal	No
South Africa	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
China	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Senegal	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.