A/RES/2647(XXV)

Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 25
Date: 1970-11-30
Committee report: A/8163
Meeting record: A/PV.1915
Agenda item(s): Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.

Tally

Yes 49No 33Abstain 10Did not vote 35

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/2647(XXV)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Denmark	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Norway	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Algeria	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Burundi	No
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	No
Cuba	No
Cyprus	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Dominican Republic	No
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	No
Equatorial Guinea	No
Ethiopia	No
Guyana	No
Hungary	No
India	No
Indonesia	No
Malaysia	No
Mongolia	No
Morocco	No
Nigeria	No
Pakistan	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Sierra Leone	No
Somalia	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Yemen	No
Yugoslavia	No
Zambia	No
Colombia	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Brazil	Did not vote
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Finland	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Jamaica	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Libya	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Nepal	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Uganda	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.