A/RES/31/44

Admission of the People's Republic of Angola to membership in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 31
Date: 1976-12-01
Meeting record: A/31/PV.84
Draft: A/31/L.22|A/31/L.22/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Admission of new Members to the United Nations.

Tally

Yes 116Abstain 1Did not vote 28

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/31/44
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	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
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname (as “SURINAM”)	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	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 Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
United States	Abstain
Bangladesh	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Bulgaria	Did not vote
Chile	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Greece	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Did not vote
Jamaica	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Nigeria	Did not vote
Pakistan	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Togo	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1Membership and appointments · r-th-mem

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.