A/RES/71/292

Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius 1965 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 71
Date: 2017-06-22
Meeting record: A/71/PV.88
Draft: A/71/L.73|A/71/L.73/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965.

Tally

Yes 94No 15Abstain 65Did not vote 19

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/71/292
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
India	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Serbia	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
South Africa	Yes
South Sudan	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Albania	No
Australia	No
Bulgaria	No
Croatia	No
Hungary	No
Israel	No
Japan	No
Lithuania	No
Maldives	No
Montenegro	No
New Zealand	No
Republic of Korea	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Andorra	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Czechia	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Timor-Leste	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Georgia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Libya	Did not vote
Monaco	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Ukraine	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote

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Topics

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International justice · r-th-just

UN subject headings (verbatim)

CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO--UN. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE OPINION

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.