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A/RES/33/40

Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia and Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 33
Date
1978-12-13
Committee report
A/33/408
Meeting record
A/33/PV.82
Agenda item(s)
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : report of the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 83No 14Abstain 34Did not vote 19

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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/33/40
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
ArgentinaYes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic YemenYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MozambiqueYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SomaliaYes
Sri LankaYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
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
Viet NamYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
AustraliaNo
BelgiumNo
CanadaNo
FranceNo
Germany, Federal Republic ofNo
IrelandNo
IsraelNo
ItalyNo
JapanNo
LuxembourgNo
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)No
New ZealandNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustriaAbstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Abstain
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)Abstain
Central African Republic (as “CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE”)Abstain
ChadAbstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Abstain
DenmarkAbstain
Dominican RepublicAbstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Abstain
FinlandAbstain
GabonAbstain
GambiaAbstain
GreeceAbstain
IcelandAbstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Abstain
LebanonAbstain
LesothoAbstain
LiberiaAbstain
MalawiAbstain
NepalAbstain
NorwayAbstain
OmanAbstain
PortugalAbstain
RwandaAbstain
SamoaAbstain
SenegalAbstain
SingaporeAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
ThailandAbstain
TogoAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)Did not vote
ComorosDid not vote
DjiboutiDid not vote
El SalvadorDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
GrenadaDid not vote
GuatemalaDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
HondurasDid not vote
MoroccoDid not vote
NicaraguaDid not vote
Papua New GuineaDid not vote
ParaguayDid not vote
Saudi ArabiaDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
Solomon IslandsDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
SudanDid not vote
YemenDid 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.