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A/RES/2923(XXVII)[E]

Situation in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 27
Date
1972-11-15
Committee report
A/8879
Meeting record
A/PV.2085
Agenda item(s)
The policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa.

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Yes 100No 4Abstain 21Did not vote 7

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Roll call – A/RES/2923(XXVII)[E]
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
BahrainYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Yes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)Yes
CameroonYes
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
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GabonYes
GhanaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
PakistanYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
Sri LankaYes
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
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
PortugalNo
South AfricaNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
CanadaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GreeceAbstain
GuatemalaAbstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MalawiAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
UruguayAbstain
Dominican RepublicDid not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Did not vote
GambiaDid not vote
MaltaDid not vote
OmanDid not vote
PanamaDid not vote
ParaguayDid 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.