A/RES/2669(XXV)

Progressive development and codification of the rules of international law relating to international watercourses : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 25
Date: 1970-12-08
Committee report: A/8202
Meeting record: A/PV.1920
Agenda item(s): Progressive development and codification of the rules of international law relating to international watercourses.

Tally

Yes 89No 1Abstain 7Did not vote 30

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/2669(XXV)
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Brazil	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
India	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Ethiopia	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Ghana	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Italy	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Nepal	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Zambia	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.