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A/RES/46/79E

Oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 46
Date
1991-12-13
Meeting record
A/46/PV.72
Draft
A/46/L.31
Agenda item(s)
Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa.

Tally

Yes 127No 3Abstain 28Did not vote 8

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/46/79E
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
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
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaYes
DenmarkYes
DjiboutiYes
DominicaYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GhanaYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
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
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
QatarYes
Republic of KoreaYes
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
Sri LankaYes
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
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)No
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AlbaniaAbstain
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
BotswanaAbstain
BulgariaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
CzechoslovakiaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GermanyAbstain
GreeceAbstain
HungaryAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
LatviaAbstain
LesothoAbstain
LiechtensteinAbstain
LithuaniaAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MalawiAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
PolandAbstain
PortugalAbstain
RomaniaAbstain
SpainAbstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Did not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
EstoniaDid not vote
MadagascarDid not vote
PanamaDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
SudanDid not vote
VanuatuDid 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.