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A/RES/2708(XXV)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 25
Date
1970-12-14
Meeting record
A/PV.1929
Draft
Amended by A/L.622|A/L.621|A/L.621/Add.1|A/L.621/Add.2
Agenda item(s)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 93No 5Abstain 22Did not vote 7

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/2708(XXV)
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Yes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ColombiaYes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)Yes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CubaYes
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
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
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
NigeriaYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
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
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
AustraliaNo
PortugalNo
South AfricaNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
BotswanaAbstain
BrazilAbstain
CanadaAbstain
ChinaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
LesothoAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MalawiAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Did not vote
El SalvadorDid not vote
GabonDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
MaldivesDid not vote
MaltaDid not vote
NigerDid 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.