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A/RES/626(VII)

Right to exploit freely natural wealth and resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 7
Date
1952-12-21
Committee report
A/2332
Meeting record
A/PV.411
Draft
Amended by A/L.143
Agenda item(s)
Economic development of under-developed countries.

Tally

Yes 36No 4Abstain 20

Roll call

Roll call – A/RES/626(VII)
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
ArgentinaYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
ChileYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
EthiopiaYes
GuatemalaYes
HondurasYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
MexicoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PolandYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Yes
ThailandYes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
UruguayYes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
New ZealandNo
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)No
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
CanadaAbstain
ChinaAbstain
CubaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
FranceAbstain
GreeceAbstain
HaitiAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
NicaraguaAbstain
NorwayAbstain
PeruAbstain
PhilippinesAbstain
SwedenAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Abstain

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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.