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A/RES/46/71

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 46
Date
1991-12-11
Meeting record
A/46/PV.68
Draft
A/46/L.27
Agenda item(s)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 137No 2Abstain 22Did 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/46/71
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
DenmarkYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LatviaYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
LiechtensteinYes
LithuaniaYes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
Marshall IslandsYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
Micronesia (Federated States of)Yes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
NepalYes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
NorwayYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PortugalYes
QatarYes
Republic of KoreaYes
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
UgandaYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AlbaniaAbstain
BelarusAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
BulgariaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
CzechoslovakiaAbstain
EstoniaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GermanyAbstain
HungaryAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MalawiAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
PolandAbstain
RomaniaAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
UkraineAbstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Abstain
UruguayAbstain
Central African RepublicDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
RwandaDid 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.