A/RES/36/172D

Comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 36
Date: 1981-12-17
Meeting record: A/36/PV.102
Draft: A/36/L.37|A/36/L.37/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa.

Tally

Yes 109No 18Abstain 13Did not vote 17

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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/36/172D
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	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
Djibouti	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	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
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Denmark	No
France	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Greece	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Portugal	No
Spain	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Did not vote
Chile	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Singapore	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1Sanctions · r-th-san

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.