A/RES/2673(XXV)

Protection of journalists engaged in dangerous missions in areas of armed conflicts : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 25
Date: 1970-12-09
Committee report: A/8178
Meeting record: A/PV.1922
Agenda item(s): Respect for human rights in armed conflicts.

Tally

Yes 85Abstain 32Did not vote 10

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/2673(XXV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Algeria	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote

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Topics

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Humanitarian and protection · r-th-hum

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.