A/RES/2983(XXVII)

Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 27
Date: 1972-12-14
Committee report: A/8955
Meeting record: A/PV.2110
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 84No 10Abstain 26Did not vote 12

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/2983(XXVII)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Australia	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Congo	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	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
Costa Rica	No
Dominican Republic	No
Guatemala	No
Honduras	No
Nicaragua	No
Panama	No
Paraguay	No
Portugal	No
South Africa	No
Spain	No
Argentina	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
France	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Barbados	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Philippines	Did not vote
Singapore	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Tunisia	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.