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A/RES/37/28

Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 37
Date
1982-11-23
Committee report
A/37/621
Meeting record
A/37/PV.77
Agenda item(s)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 78No 15Abstain 50Did not vote 14

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/37/28
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
ColombiaYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic YemenYes
DominicaYes
EcuadorYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
JamaicaYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LesothoYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MozambiqueYes
NicaraguaYes
PanamaYes
PeruYes
PolandYes
RwandaYes
Saint LuciaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
SeychellesYes
Sierra LeoneYes
Sri LankaYes
SurinameYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
UgandaYes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)No
ChadNo
ChileNo
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)No
El SalvadorNo
GabonNo
GambiaNo
GuatemalaNo
GuineaNo
HondurasNo
LiberiaNo
MoroccoNo
SenegalNo
Solomon IslandsNo
United StatesNo
BahrainAbstain
BangladeshAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)Abstain
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)Abstain
CanadaAbstain
Central African RepublicAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
DjiboutiAbstain
Dominican RepublicAbstain
EgyptAbstain
FranceAbstain
Germany, Federal Republic ofAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IndonesiaAbstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
JordanAbstain
KenyaAbstain
LebanonAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MalawiAbstain
MalaysiaAbstain
MaldivesAbstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Abstain
NepalAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NigerAbstain
NigeriaAbstain
NorwayAbstain
OmanAbstain
PakistanAbstain
Papua New GuineaAbstain
ParaguayAbstain
PhilippinesAbstain
PortugalAbstain
QatarAbstain
SamoaAbstain
SomaliaAbstain
SpainAbstain
SudanAbstain
ThailandAbstain
TunisiaAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
United KingdomAbstain
UruguayAbstain
YemenAbstain
ChinaDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Did not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
HaitiDid not vote
IraqDid not vote
KuwaitDid not vote
RomaniaDid not vote
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDid not vote
Saudi ArabiaDid not vote
SingaporeDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
TogoDid not vote
United Arab EmiratesDid 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.