A/RES/58/161

Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 58
Date: 2003-12-22
Committee report: A/58/507
Meeting record: A/58/PV.77
Draft: A/C.3/58/L.31
Agenda item(s): Right of peoples to self-determination.

Tally

Yes 109No 3Abstain 61Did not vote 18

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/58/161
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Bhutan	No
India	No
Mauritius	No
Andorra	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Comoros	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Serbia and Montenegro	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Tajikistan	Abstain
Tonga	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Nepal	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Slovenia	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Timor-Leste	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

SELF-DETERMINATION OF PEOPLES

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.