A/RES/2628(XXV)

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 25
Date: 1970-11-04
Meeting record: A/PV.1896
Draft: A/L.602/Rev.2|A/L.602/Rev.2/Add.1
Agenda item(s): The situation in the Middle East.

Tally

Yes 57No 16Abstain 39Did not vote 15

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/2628(XXV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	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
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Australia	No
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	No
Colombia	No
Costa Rica	No
El Salvador	No
Iceland	No
Israel	No
Malawi	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Nicaragua	No
Panama	No
Paraguay	No
United States	No
Uruguay	No
Argentina	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Algeria	Did not vote
Cuba	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Portugal	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote

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Topics

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Middle East · r-me-1

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.