A/RES/2959(XXVII)

Assistance in cases of natural disaster and other disaster situations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 27
Date: 1972-12-12
Committee report: A/8919
Meeting record: A/PV.2107
Agenda item(s): Assistance in cases of natural disaster and other disaster situations.

Tally

Yes 112Abstain 7Did not vote 13

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/2959(XXVII)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	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
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	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
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	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
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	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.