A/RES/2851(XXVI)

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 26
Date: 1971-12-20
Committee report: A/8630
Meeting record: A/PV.2027
Agenda item(s): Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories.

Tally

Yes 53No 20Abstain 46Did 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/2851(XXVI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Barbados	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	No
Canada	No
Costa Rica	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	No
Dominican Republic	No
El Salvador	No
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	No
Gambia	No
Guatemala	No
Haiti	No
Israel	No
Lesotho	No
Liberia	No
Madagascar	No
Malawi	No
Nicaragua	No
Paraguay	No
United States	No
Uruguay	No
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Nepal	Did not vote
Panama	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.