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A/RES/2704(XXV)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 25
Date
1970-12-14
Committee report
A/8244
Meeting record
A/PV.1928
Agenda item(s)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations. · Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 83No 4Abstain 21Did not vote 19

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/2704(XXV)
CountryPosition
AlgeriaYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)Yes
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)Yes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)Yes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EthiopiaYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
IsraelYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
LibyaYes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
RomaniaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SudanYes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Yes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
PortugalNo
South AfricaNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
ArgentinaAbstain
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
BrazilAbstain
CanadaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
IrelandAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MalawiAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
PanamaAbstain
ParaguayAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
AfghanistanDid not vote
AlbaniaDid not vote
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Did not vote
BotswanaDid not vote
ChadDid not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)Did not vote
CubaDid not vote
El SalvadorDid not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Did not vote
FijiDid not vote
IcelandDid not vote
LesothoDid not vote
MaldivesDid not vote
MaltaDid not vote
PakistanDid not vote
RwandaDid not vote
SenegalDid not vote
YemenDid 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.