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A/RES/38/51

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with UN : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 38
Date
1983-12-07
Committee report
A/38/609
Meeting record
A/38/PV.86
Agenda item(s)
Report of the Economic and Social Council. · Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations.

Tally

Yes 117No 3Abstain 33Did not vote 5

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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/38/51
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
ArgentinaYes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
UkraineYes
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
IsraelNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Abstain
BelgiumAbstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Abstain
CanadaAbstain
Central African RepublicAbstain
ChadAbstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Abstain
DenmarkAbstain
DominicaAbstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Abstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
Germany, Federal Republic ofAbstain
GuatemalaAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
LesothoAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MalawiAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
ParaguayAbstain
PortugalAbstain
Saint Kitts and NevisAbstain
Saint LuciaAbstain
Solomon IslandsAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
Antigua and BarbudaDid not vote
BelizeDid not vote
GrenadaDid not vote
SeychellesDid 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.