A/RES/289(IV)[AC]

Question of the disposal of the former Italian colonies [with respect to Eritrea] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 4
Date: 1949-11-21
Committee report: A/1089|A/1089/Corr.1
Meeting record: A/PV.250
Agenda item(s): Question of the disposal of the former Italian colonies.

Tally

Yes 47No 5Abstain 6Did not vote 1

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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/289(IV)[AC]
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
France	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Peru	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Poland	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Ethiopia	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Paraguay	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.