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A/RES/72/111

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : 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
Agenda item(s)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Tally

Yes 128No 7Abstain 40Did not vote 18

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'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/72/111
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
AndorraYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
ArmeniaYes
AzerbaijanYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelizeYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Yes
Bosnia and HerzegovinaYes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo VerdeYes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EritreaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KazakhstanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
KyrgyzstanYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LibyaYes
LiechtensteinYes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
QatarYes
Russian FederationYes
RwandaYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SerbiaYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Solomon IslandsYes
South AfricaYes
South SudanYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
TajikistanYes
ThailandYes
Timor-LesteYes
TongaYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
TurkmenistanYes
TuvaluYes
UgandaYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
UzbekistanYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
AustraliaNo
Côte d'IvoireNo
GabonNo
IsraelNo
MoroccoNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AlbaniaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
BulgariaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
CroatiaAbstain
CzechiaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
EstoniaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GeorgiaAbstain
GermanyAbstain
HungaryAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
ItalyAbstain
LatviaAbstain
LithuaniaAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MonacoAbstain
MontenegroAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)Abstain
NorwayAbstain
PalauAbstain
PolandAbstain
PortugalAbstain
Republic of KoreaAbstain
Republic of MoldovaAbstain
RomaniaAbstain
San MarinoAbstain
SlovakiaAbstain
SloveniaAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
SwitzerlandAbstain
TogoAbstain
UkraineAbstain
BeninDid not vote
ChadDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
Democratic Republic of the CongoDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
GhanaDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
KiribatiDid not vote
LiberiaDid not vote
MalawiDid not vote
Marshall IslandsDid not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)Did not vote
NigerDid not vote
Sao Tome and PrincipeDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
SomaliaDid not vote

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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.