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A/RES/40/27

Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 40
Date
1985-11-29
Committee report
A/40/914
Meeting record
A/40/PV.96
Agenda item(s)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.

Tally

Yes 120No 1Abstain 24Did not vote 14

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/40/27
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
ArgentinaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
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
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
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 LuciaYes
SamoaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SeychellesYes
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
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
CanadaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Abstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
Germany, Federal Republic ofAbstain
GreeceAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MalawiAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
PortugalAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
Antigua and BarbudaDid not vote
BelizeDid not vote
ColombiaDid not vote
Costa RicaDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
GrenadaDid not vote
HaitiDid not vote
ParaguayDid not vote
Saint Kitts and NevisDid not vote
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDid not vote
Solomon IslandsDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
VanuatuDid 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.