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A/RES/3029(XXVII)[B]

Reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction and use of their resources in the interests of mankind, and convening of a Conference on the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 27
Date
1972-12-18
Committee report
A/8949
Meeting record
A/PV.2114
Agenda item(s)
Reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction and use of their resources in the interests of mankind, and convening of a Conference on the law of the sea.

Tally

Yes 69No 15Abstain 41Did not vote 7

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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/3029(XXVII)[B]
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AustriaYes
BahrainYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BelgiumYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)Yes
ChadYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
EgyptYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FinlandYes
GuyanaYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)Yes
LuxembourgYes
MalawiYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritiusYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
ParaguayYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RwandaYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
SudanYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
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
United StatesYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
AlgeriaNo
ArgentinaNo
BrazilNo
ChileNo
Democratic YemenNo
Dominican RepublicNo
EcuadorNo
El SalvadorNo
GuatemalaNo
HondurasNo
MauritaniaNo
PanamaNo
PeruNo
UruguayNo
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)No
AustraliaAbstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Abstain
CameroonAbstain
CanadaAbstain
Central African RepublicAbstain
ChinaAbstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Abstain
CubaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
FijiAbstain
FranceAbstain
GabonAbstain
GhanaAbstain
GreeceAbstain
GuineaAbstain
IndiaAbstain
IndonesiaAbstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Abstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
MadagascarAbstain
MalaysiaAbstain
MexicoAbstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
PakistanAbstain
PhilippinesAbstain
PortugalAbstain
RomaniaAbstain
Saudi ArabiaAbstain
SenegalAbstain
Sierra LeoneAbstain
South AfricaAbstain
SpainAbstain
Sri LankaAbstain
ThailandAbstain
TunisiaAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
YugoslaviaAbstain
AlbaniaDid not vote
ColombiaDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
HaitiDid not vote
JordanDid not vote
MaldivesDid not vote

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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.