A/RES/47/116D

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

Body: General Assembly, session 47
Date: 1992-12-18
Meeting record: A/47/PV.91
Draft: A/47/L.31
Agenda item(s): Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa.

Tally

Yes 111No 1Abstain 44Did not vote 23

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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/47/116D
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Ethiopia	Did not vote
Georgia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
San Marino	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

APARTHEID

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.