A/RES/34/70

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 34
Date: 1979-12-06
Meeting record: A/34/PV.92
Draft: A/34/L.53|A/34/L.53/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Situation in the Middle East.

Tally

Yes 102No 17Abstain 20Did not vote 13

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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/34/70
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	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
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	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
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Denmark	No
Dominican Republic	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Guatemala	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Austria	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Democratic Yemen	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Angola	Did not vote
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote

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Topics

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Middle East · r-me-1

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.