A/RES/42/23D

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

Body: General Assembly, session 42
Date: 1987-11-20
Meeting record: A/42/PV.77
Draft: A/42/L.29
Agenda item(s): Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa.

Tally

Yes 103No 29Abstain 23Did not vote 4

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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/42/23D
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	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
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	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
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	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
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	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
Cameroon	No
Canada	No
Côte d'Ivoire	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	No
Denmark	No
Dominican Republic	No
El Salvador	No
Finland	No
France	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Greece	No
Honduras	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Luxembourg	No
Malawi	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Portugal	No
Spain	No
Sweden	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Dominica	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
South Africa	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.