A/RES/42/79

Question of New Caledonia : 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 69No 29Abstain 47Did 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/42/79
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Australia	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Belgium	No
Central African Republic	No
Chad	No
Côte d'Ivoire	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	No
Djibouti	No
Dominican Republic	No
Egypt	No
Equatorial Guinea	No
France	No
Gabon	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Grenada	No
Honduras	No
Iraq	No
Italy	No
Jamaica	No
Lebanon	No
Luxembourg	No
Mauritania	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
Niger	No
Portugal	No
Saint Lucia	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No
Senegal	No
Sierra Leone	No
Spain	No
Togo	No
Argentina	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Cyprus	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
South Africa	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.