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A/RES/43/33

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

Body
General Assembly, session 43
Date
1988-11-22
Committee report
A/43/797
Meeting record
A/43/PV.59
Agenda item(s)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 86Abstain 53Did not vote 20

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/43/33
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
ColombiaYes
CongoYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic YemenYes
EcuadorYes
El SalvadorYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
GuyanaYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IrelandYes
JamaicaYes
KenyaYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LesothoYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MozambiqueYes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
RwandaYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
SeychellesYes
SpainYes
SurinameYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
UgandaYes
UkraineYes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
BahrainAbstain
BangladeshAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
Brunei DarussalamAbstain
CanadaAbstain
Central African RepublicAbstain
ChileAbstain
Costa RicaAbstain
Côte d'IvoireAbstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Abstain
DenmarkAbstain
DjiboutiAbstain
DominicaAbstain
Dominican RepublicAbstain
EgyptAbstain
Equatorial GuineaAbstain
FranceAbstain
GabonAbstain
Germany, Federal Republic ofAbstain
GuineaAbstain
HaitiAbstain
IndonesiaAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
JordanAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MalaysiaAbstain
MaldivesAbstain
MaltaAbstain
MyanmarAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
OmanAbstain
PakistanAbstain
ParaguayAbstain
PortugalAbstain
QatarAbstain
Saint LuciaAbstain
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAbstain
SamoaAbstain
Saudi ArabiaAbstain
Sierra LeoneAbstain
SingaporeAbstain
Solomon IslandsAbstain
SomaliaAbstain
Sri LankaAbstain
SudanAbstain
ThailandAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
United Arab EmiratesAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
United StatesAbstain
YemenAbstain
AngolaDid not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Did not vote
CambodiaDid not vote
CameroonDid not vote
ChadDid not vote
ChinaDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
GrenadaDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
IraqDid not vote
KuwaitDid not vote
LebanonDid not vote
LiberiaDid not vote
MoroccoDid not vote
NepalDid not vote
NigerDid not vote
RomaniaDid not vote
Sao Tome and PrincipeDid not vote
SenegalDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote

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Africa · r-af-1

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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.