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A/RES/31/78

World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 31
Date
1976-12-13
Committee report
A/31/273
Meeting record
A/31/PV.97
Agenda item(s)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.

Tally

Yes 110No 2Abstain 16Did not vote 18

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/31/78
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustriaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
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
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)Yes
ChadYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FinlandYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
New ZealandYes
NigerYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
PortugalYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
Suriname (as “SURINAM”)Yes
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
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
CanadaNo
IsraelNo
AustraliaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
Costa RicaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
FijiAbstain
FranceAbstain
Germany, Federal Republic ofAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
ItalyAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
NorwayAbstain
Papua New GuineaAbstain
SwedenAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
AngolaDid not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Did not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)Did not vote
Central African RepublicDid not vote
ChileDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
CongoDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
GuatemalaDid not vote
HaitiDid not vote
NicaraguaDid not vote
NigeriaDid not vote
PanamaDid not vote
ParaguayDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
SomaliaDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
United StatesDid not vote

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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.