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A/RES/2881(XXVI)

Reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction and use of their resources in the interests of mankind, and convening of a conference on the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 26
Date
1971-12-21
Committee report
A/8623
Meeting record
A/PV.2029
Draft
Amended by A/L.670
Agenda item(s)
Reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction and use of their resources in the interests of mankind, and convening of a conference on the law of the sea, and convening of a conference on the law of the sea.

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'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/2881(XXVI)
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
BahrainYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BelgiumYes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Yes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)Yes
CameroonYes
CanadaYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
DenmarkYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)Yes
LuxembourgYes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
PortugalYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
South AfricaYes
SpainYes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Yes
SudanYes
SwedenYes
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 KingdomYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
United StatesYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
AlbaniaDid not vote
BotswanaDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
HaitiDid not vote
MaldivesDid not vote
MaltaDid not vote
MauritiusDid not vote
Saudi ArabiaDid not vote
Syrian Arab RepublicDid 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.