A/RES/2963(XXVII)[E]

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 27
Date: 1972-12-13
Committee report: A/8915
Meeting record: A/PV.2108
Agenda item(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

Tally

Yes 67No 21Abstain 37Did not vote 7

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/2963(XXVII)[E]
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Barbados	No
Belgium	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	No
Canada	No
Costa Rica	No
Denmark	No
Dominican Republic	No
El Salvador	No
Guatemala	No
Haiti	No
Honduras	No
Iceland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Lesotho	No
Liberia	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Nicaragua	No
United States	No
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Did not vote

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Topics

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Humanitarian and protection · r-th-humMiddle East · r-me-1

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.