A/RES/2697(XXV)

Need to consider suggestions regarding the review of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 25
Date: 1970-12-11
Committee report: A/8219
Meeting record: A/PV.1926
Agenda item(s): Need to consider suggestions regarding the review of the Charter of the United Nations.

Tally

Yes 82No 12Abstain 11Did not vote 22

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/2697(XXV)
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	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
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Hungary	No
Iraq	No
Mongolia	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Luxembourg	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Peru	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Did not vote
Thailand	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.