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A/RES/3029(XXVII)[C]

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.

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Yes 100Abstain 28Did not vote 4

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Roll call – A/RES/3029(XXVII)[C]
CountryPosition
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
BahrainYes
BarbadosYes
BhutanYes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)Yes
CanadaYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
DenmarkYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GhanaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
JamaicaYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MoroccoYes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PortugalYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
South AfricaYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
United StatesYes
UruguayYes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
AfghanistanAbstain
AustriaAbstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Abstain
BelgiumAbstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Abstain
BulgariaAbstain
CameroonAbstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Abstain
FinlandAbstain
GreeceAbstain
GuineaAbstain
HungaryAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MongoliaAbstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Abstain
NepalAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
PolandAbstain
Trinidad and TobagoAbstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Abstain
United Arab EmiratesAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Abstain
ColombiaDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
JordanDid 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.