A/RES/38/12

Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 38
Date: 1983-11-16
Meeting record: A/38/PV.59
Draft: A/38/L.12
Agenda item(s): Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Tally

Yes 87No 9Abstain 54Did not vote 8

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/38/12
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Spain	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Belize	No
Dominica	No
Gambia	No
Malawi	No
New Zealand	No
Oman	No
Solomon Islands	No
Sri Lanka	No
United Kingdom	No
Australia	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Cyprus	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)

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.