A/RES/33/31[A]

Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 33
Date: 1978-12-13
Committee report: A/33/460
Meeting record: A/33/PV.81
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 90No 10Abstain 39Did not vote 11

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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/33/31[A]
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	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
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Central African Republic (as “CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE”)	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	No
Egypt	No
Gabon	No
Grenada	No
Indonesia	No
Israel	No
Mauritania	No
Morocco	No
Nicaragua	No
Bahrain	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Romania	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	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.