A/RES/2862(XXVI)

Credentials of representatives to the 26th session of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 26
Date: 1971-12-20
Committee report: A/8625
Meeting record: A/PV.2027
Draft: Amended by A/L.666
Agenda item(s): Report of the Credentials Committee.

Tally

Yes 103No 1Abstain 16Did not vote 12

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/2862(XXVI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	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 Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
South Africa	No
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Bahrain	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	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.