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A/RES/45/18

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 45
Date
1990-11-20
Committee report
A/45/682
Meeting record
A/45/PV.44
Agenda item(s)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations. · Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 115No 12Abstain 20Did not vote 12

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/45/18
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GabonYes
GhanaYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
QatarYes
RwandaYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SeychellesYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
UgandaYes
UkraineYes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
BelgiumNo
CanadaNo
DenmarkNo
FranceNo
GermanyNo
IsraelNo
ItalyNo
LuxembourgNo
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)No
PortugalNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BulgariaAbstain
Côte d'IvoireAbstain
CzechoslovakiaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
GreeceAbstain
HungaryAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
JapanAbstain
LiechtensteinAbstain
MaltaAbstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
PolandAbstain
RomaniaAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
CambodiaDid not vote
Costa RicaDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
KenyaDid not vote
LiberiaDid not vote
MadagascarDid not vote
MalawiDid not vote
Saint Kitts and NevisDid not vote
Sao Tome and PrincipeDid not vote
South AfricaDid 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.