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A/RES/53/68

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

Body
General Assembly, session 53
Date
1998-12-03
Meeting record
A/53/PV.78
Draft
A/53/L.58
Agenda item(s)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 144No 2Abstain 18Did not vote 21

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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/53/68
CountryPosition
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AndorraYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
ArmeniaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CameroonYes
CanadaYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CroatiaYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)Yes
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaYes
DenmarkYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EritreaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IrelandYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KazakhstanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
KyrgyzstanYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
LiechtensteinYes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
Marshall IslandsYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
NepalYes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)Yes
NorwayYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
PortugalYes
QatarYes
Republic of MoldovaYes
RomaniaYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
SamoaYes
San MarinoYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SeychellesYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SlovakiaYes
SloveniaYes
Solomon IslandsYes
South AfricaYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
UkraineYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
UzbekistanYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AzerbaijanAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
EstoniaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GeorgiaAbstain
GermanyAbstain
HungaryAbstain
IsraelAbstain
LatviaAbstain
LithuaniaAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)Abstain
MonacoAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
Republic of KoreaAbstain
Russian FederationAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
AfghanistanDid not vote
BhutanDid not vote
Bosnia and HerzegovinaDid not vote
CambodiaDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
CongoDid not vote
Democratic Republic of the CongoDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
HondurasDid not vote
IraqDid not vote
LesothoDid not vote
LiberiaDid not vote
PalauDid not vote
RwandaDid not vote
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDid not vote
Sao Tome and PrincipeDid not vote
SomaliaDid not vote
TajikistanDid not vote
TurkmenistanDid not vote
UgandaDid not vote
YugoslaviaDid 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.