A/RES/3480(XXX)

Question of French Somaliland : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 30
Date: 1975-12-11
Committee report: A/10427
Meeting record: A/PV.2437
Draft: A/L.790
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

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Yes 109Abstain 20Did not vote 15

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/3480(XXX)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Austria	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
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	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
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	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
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Australia	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Burundi	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
France	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Nepal	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Suriname (as “SURINAM”)	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.