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A/RES/36/51

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 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 36
Date
1981-11-24
Committee report
A/36/680
Meeting record
A/36/PV.70
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 Namibia and in all other territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa.

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Yes 110No 16Abstain 23Did not vote 8

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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/36/51
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
ArgentinaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)Yes
ChadYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GrenadaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SeychellesYes
Sierra LeoneYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
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
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
AustraliaNo
BelgiumNo
CanadaNo
FranceNo
Germany, Federal Republic ofNo
GreeceNo
IrelandNo
IsraelNo
ItalyNo
JapanNo
LuxembourgNo
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)No
New ZealandNo
PortugalNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustriaAbstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Abstain
Central African RepublicAbstain
ChileAbstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Abstain
DenmarkAbstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Abstain
FinlandAbstain
GabonAbstain
GuatemalaAbstain
HondurasAbstain
IcelandAbstain
JamaicaAbstain
LesothoAbstain
LiberiaAbstain
MalawiAbstain
NorwayAbstain
ParaguayAbstain
RwandaAbstain
SingaporeAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
Antigua and BarbudaDid not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)Did not vote
Costa RicaDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
LebanonDid not vote
MauritiusDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote

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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.