A/RES/31/61

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 31
Date: 1976-12-09
Meeting record: A/31/PV.95
Draft: A/31/L.26|A/31/L.26/Add.1|A/31/L.26/Add.2|A/31/L.26/Add.3
Agenda item(s): The situation in the Middle East.

Tally

Yes 91No 11Abstain 29Did not vote 15

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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/31/61
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	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 Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Canada	No
Costa Rica	No
Denmark	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Iceland	No
Israel	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
Nicaragua	No
Norway	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Suriname (as “SURINAM”)	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Angola	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Democratic Yemen	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote

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Middle East · r-me-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.