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A/RES/37/68

Further appeal for clemency in favour of South African freedom fighters : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 37
Date
1982-12-07
Meeting record
A/37/PV.93
Draft
A/37/L.46/Rev.1
Agenda item(s)
Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa.

Tally

Yes 127Abstain 1Did not vote 29

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/37/68
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BelgiumYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
BurundiYes
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)Yes
CanadaYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
DenmarkYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
Germany, Federal Republic ofYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
KenyaYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
LuxembourgYes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MexicoYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
PortugalYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
SamoaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United KingdomYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
United StatesAbstain
Antigua and BarbudaDid not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Did not vote
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Did not vote
Central African RepublicDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
FijiDid not vote
GuatemalaDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
HaitiDid not vote
HondurasDid not vote
IsraelDid not vote
JordanDid not vote
KuwaitDid not vote
LebanonDid not vote
LesothoDid not vote
MauritiusDid not vote
MongoliaDid not vote
NigerDid not vote
PanamaDid not vote
Papua New GuineaDid not vote
ParaguayDid not vote
Saint LuciaDid not vote
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
SurinameDid not vote
VanuatuDid not vote
ZimbabweDid not vote

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Africa · r-af-1

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.