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A/RES/637(VII)[A]

The right of peoples and nations to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 7
Date
1952-12-16
Committee report
A/2309|A/2309/Corr.1
Meeting record
A/PV.403
Agenda item(s)
Human rights. Recommendations concerning international respect for the self-determination of peoples.

Tally

Yes 40No 14Abstain 6

Roll call

Roll call – A/RES/637(VII)[A]
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
ArgentinaYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
CubaYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
EthiopiaYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
MexicoYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
AustraliaNo
BelgiumNo
CanadaNo
DenmarkNo
FranceNo
IcelandNo
LuxembourgNo
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)No
New ZealandNo
NorwayNo
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)No
SwedenNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
EcuadorAbstain
IsraelAbstain
NicaraguaAbstain
ParaguayAbstain
ThailandAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)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.