A/RES/61/231

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 61
Date: 2006-12-22
Committee report: A/61/413
Meeting record: A/61/PV.84
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the Declaration on Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations.

Tally

Yes 100No 1Abstain 52Did not vote 39

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/61/231
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Australia	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Tonga	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Serbia	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Burkina Faso	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Kazakhstan	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Montenegro	Did not vote
Pakistan	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
Philippines	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Togo	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

DECOLONIZATION--UN SYSTEM

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.