A/RES/3103(XXVIII)

Basic principles of the legal status of the combatants struggling against colonial and alien domination and racist regimes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 28
Date: 1973-12-12
Committee report: A/9412
Meeting record: A/PV.2197
Agenda item(s): Respect for human rights in armed conflicts.

Tally

Yes 83No 13Abstain 19Did 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/3103(XXVIII)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Congo	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jamaica	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
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	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
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Brazil	No
France	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Luxembourg	No
Portugal	No
South Africa	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Uruguay	No
Australia	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Did not vote
Chile	Did not vote
Colombia	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Did 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.