A/RES/47/16

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 47
Date: 1992-11-16
Committee report: A/47/646
Meeting record: A/47/PV.61
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 100No 30Abstain 19Did not vote 30

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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/47/16
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	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
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Australia	No
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Bulgaria	No
Canada	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Denmark	No
Estonia	No
Finland	No
France	No
Germany	No
Hungary	No
Iceland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Latvia	No
Liechtenstein	No
Lithuania	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
Norway	No
Poland	No
Portugal	No
Republic of Moldova	No
Romania	No
Russian Federation	No
Slovenia	No
Sweden	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Argentina	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Armenia	Did not vote
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Croatia	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Georgia	Did not vote
Kazakhstan	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
San Marino	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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UN subject headings (verbatim)

DECOLONIZATION--UN SYSTEM
UN. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL--REPORTS

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.