A/RES/41/41A

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 41
Date: 1986-12-02
Meeting record: A/41/PV.92
Draft: A/41/L.33
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 89No 24Abstain 34Did not vote 12

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/41/41A
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Australia	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Belgium	No
Chad	No
Comoros	No
Côte d'Ivoire	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	No
Djibouti	No
Dominica	No
Equatorial Guinea	No
France	No
Gabon	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Grenada	No
Honduras	No
Italy	No
Luxembourg	No
Mauritania	No
Morocco	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
Portugal	No
Saint Lucia	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No
Senegal	No
Spain	No
Togo	No
Argentina	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Bhutan	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Cyprus	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

DECOLONIZATION

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.