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A/RES/43/50J

Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 43
Date
1988-12-05
Meeting record
A/43/PV.68
Draft
A/43/L.41
Agenda item(s)
Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa.

Tally

Yes 138No 2Abstain 14Did not vote 5

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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/43/50J
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
DenmarkYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NepalYes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SeychellesYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
UkraineYes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
BelgiumAbstain
BotswanaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Abstain
FranceAbstain
Germany, Federal Republic ofAbstain
GreeceAbstain
IsraelAbstain
JapanAbstain
LesothoAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MalawiAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
PortugalAbstain
ChileDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
ParaguayDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
VanuatuDid not vote

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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.