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A/RES/2873(XXVI)

Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 26
Date
1971-12-20
Committee report
A/8619
Meeting record
A/PV.2028
Agenda item(s)
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa.

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Yes 103No 8Abstain 13Did not vote 8

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Roll call – A/RES/2873(XXVI)
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
BahrainYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)Yes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GambiaYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SudanYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
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 Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
BelgiumNo
CanadaNo
FranceNo
LuxembourgNo
PortugalNo
South AfricaNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BrazilAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Abstain
FinlandAbstain
ItalyAbstain
MalawiAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
BhutanDid not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Did not vote
ChinaDid not vote
CongoDid not vote
GabonDid not vote
MaldivesDid not vote
MauritiusDid not vote
QatarDid not vote

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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.