A/RES/2714(XXV)

Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including policies of racial discrimination and segregation and of apartheid in all countries with particular reference to colonial and other dependant countries and territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 25
Date: 1970-12-15
Committee report: A/8173/Add.1
Meeting record: A/PV.1930
Agenda item(s): Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 79No 1Abstain 34Did not vote 13

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/2714(XXV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	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
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	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
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Portugal	No
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
South Africa	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.