A/RES/61/125

Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 61
Date: 2006-12-14
Committee report: A/61/415
Meeting record: A/61/PV.79
Draft: A/C.4/61/L.5
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the Declaration on Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 70Abstain 91Did not vote 31

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/61/125
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Comoros	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kiribati	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Serbia	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Tajikistan	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tonga	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Belarus	Did not vote
Belgium	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Brunei Darussalam	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Colombia	Did not vote
Cyprus	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Montenegro	Did not vote
Pakistan	Did not vote
Poland	Did not vote
Romania	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Sudan	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

DECOLONIZATION
WESTERN SAHARA QUESTION

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.