A/RES/616(VII)[B]

The question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 7
Date: 1952-12-05
Committee report: A/2276
Meeting record: A/PV.401
Agenda item(s): The question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa.

Tally

Yes 24No 1Abstain 34Did not vote 1

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Roll call – A/RES/616(VII)[B]
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Denmark	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Sweden	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
France	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Yemen	Did not vote

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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.