A/RES/3516(XXX)

Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 30
Date: 1975-12-15
Committee report: A/10467
Meeting record: A/PV.2441
Agenda item(s): Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 100No 2Abstain 30Did not vote 12

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/3516(XXX)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	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
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	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
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	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
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Israel	No
United States	No
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	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.