A/RES/37/30

Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 37
Date: 1982-11-23
Committee report: A/37/623
Meeting record: A/37/PV.77
Agenda item(s): Question of East Timor.

Tally

Yes 50No 46Abstain 50Did not vote 11

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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/37/30
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
China	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	No
Argentina	No
Australia	No
Bahrain	No
Bangladesh	No
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	No
Canada	No
Chad	No
Chile	No
Egypt	No
El Salvador	No
Fiji	No
Gambia	No
Guatemala	No
Honduras	No
India	No
Indonesia	No
Iraq	No
Japan	No
Jordan	No
Kuwait	No
Liberia	No
Malaysia	No
Maldives	No
Morocco	No
New Zealand	No
Oman	No
Pakistan	No
Papua New Guinea	No
Paraguay	No
Philippines	No
Qatar	No
Saint Lucia	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Singapore	No
Solomon Islands	No
Sudan	No
Suriname	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Thailand	No
Tunisia	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
United Arab Emirates	No
United States	No
Uruguay	No
Yemen	No
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Bulgaria	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
German Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
South Africa	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.