A/RES/3055(XXVIII)

Political prisoners in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 28
Date: 1973-10-26
Committee report: A/9232
Meeting record: A/PV.2157
Agenda item(s): United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

Tally

Yes 112No 1Abstain 2Did not vote 20

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/3055(XXVIII)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	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
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	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
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	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
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	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
South Africa	No
Paraguay	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Did not vote
Cyprus	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Jamaica	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Sri Lanka	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote

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Africa · r-af-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.