A/RES/39/72C

Relations between Israel and South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 39
Date: 1984-12-13
Meeting record: A/39/PV.99
Draft: A/39/L.30|A/39/L.30/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa.

Tally

Yes 108No 19Abstain 25Did not vote 7

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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/39/72C
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Australia	No
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Denmark	No
Finland	No
France	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Sweden	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Barbados	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Chile	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1Middle East · r-me-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

APARTHEID

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.