A/RES/2700(XXV)

Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 25
Date: 1970-12-14
Committee report: A/8240
Meeting record: A/PV.1928
Agenda item(s): Report of the Trusteeship Council.

Tally

Yes 98Abstain 5Did not vote 24

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/2700(XXV)
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Austria	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	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
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Australia	Abstain
France	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Albania	Did not vote
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Pakistan	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Yemen	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.