A/RES/2758(XXVI)

Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 26
Date: 1971-10-25
Meeting record: A/PV.1976
Draft: A/L.630|A/L.630/Add.1|A/L.630/Add.2
Agenda item(s): Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations.

Tally

Yes 76No 35Abstain 17Did not vote 3

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/2758(XXVI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	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 Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Australia	No
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	No
Brazil	No
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	No
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	No
Central African Republic	No
Chad	No
Costa Rica	No
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	No
Dominican Republic	No
El Salvador	No
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	No
Gabon	No
Gambia	No
Guatemala	No
Haiti	No
Honduras	No
Japan	No
Lesotho	No
Liberia	No
Madagascar	No
Malawi	No
Malta	No
New Zealand	No
Nicaragua	No
Niger	No
Paraguay	No
Philippines	No
Saudi Arabia	No
South Africa	No
United States	No
Uruguay	No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	No
Argentina	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
China	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Oman	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.