A/RES/42/78

Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 42
Date: 1987-12-04
Committee report: A/42/730
Meeting record: A/42/PV.92
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 93Abstain 50Did not vote 16

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/42/78
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Spain	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	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
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Cambodia	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Oman	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Romania	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote

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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.