A/RES/570(VI)[B]

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 6
Date: 1952-01-19
Committee report: A/2066|A/2066/Corr.1
Meeting record: A/PV.362
Agenda item(s): Question of South West Africa.

Tally

Yes 36Abstain 22Did not vote 2

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/570(VI)[B]
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Australia	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
France	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Panama	Did not vote
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1

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.