A/RES/2707(XXV)

Question of Territories under Portuguese Administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 25
Date: 1970-12-14
Committee report: A/8187
Meeting record: A/PV.1928
Agenda item(s): Question of Territories under Portuguese Administration.

Tally

Yes 94No 6Abstain 16Did not vote 11

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/2707(XXV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	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
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	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
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	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
Brazil	No
Portugal	No
South Africa	No
Spain	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Senegal	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.