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A/RES/31/6[D]

Arms embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 31
Date
1976-11-09
Meeting record
A/31/PV.58
Draft
A/31/L.8|A/31/L.8/Add.1|A/31/L.8/Add.2|A/31/L.8/Add.3
Agenda item(s)
Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa.

Tally

Yes 110No 8Abstain 20Did not vote 7

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/31/6[D]
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustriaYes
BahrainYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)Yes
ChadYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
DenmarkYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GrenadaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
Suriname (as “SURINAM”)Yes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
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
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
BelgiumNo
FranceNo
Germany, Federal Republic ofNo
ItalyNo
LuxembourgNo
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)No
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Abstain
CanadaAbstain
Central African RepublicAbstain
ChileAbstain
Costa RicaAbstain
El SalvadorAbstain
GabonAbstain
GreeceAbstain
GuatemalaAbstain
HondurasAbstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Abstain
IrelandAbstain
JapanAbstain
MalawiAbstain
New ZealandAbstain
NicaraguaAbstain
PortugalAbstain
SpainAbstain
UruguayAbstain
BangladeshDid not vote
GhanaDid not vote
IsraelDid not vote
ParaguayDid not vote
Saudi ArabiaDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1Sanctions · r-th-san

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.