A/RES/72/102

Question of Guam : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 72
Date: 2017-12-07
Committee report: A/72/456
Meeting record: A/72/PV.66
Draft: A/C.4/72/L.16
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 93No 8Abstain 65Did not vote 27

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/72/102
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
South Sudan	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
France	No
Iraq	No
Israel	No
Japan	No
Morocco	No
Ukraine	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Montenegro	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
Benin	Did not vote
Burkina Faso	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Ghana	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Nigeria	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Serbia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Sri Lanka	Did not vote
Timor-Leste	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote

Download this roll call: CSV · JSON · API, licence and how to cite

UN subject headings (verbatim)

DECOLONIZATION
GUAM QUESTION

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.