A/RES/33/24

Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 33
Date: 1978-11-29
Committee report: A/33/371
Meeting record: A/33/PV.63
Agenda item(s): Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights.

Tally

Yes 92No 19Abstain 20Did not vote 19

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/33/24
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	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
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Australia	No
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Denmark	No
Finland	No
France	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Sweden	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
India	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Did not vote
Central African Republic (as “CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE”)	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Nigeria	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Yemen	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.