A/RES/721(VIII)

The question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 8
Date: 1953-12-08
Committee report: A/2610
Meeting record: A/PV.469
Agenda item(s): The question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa.

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Yes 38No 11Abstain 11

Roll call

Roll call – A/RES/721(VIII)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Chile	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Australia	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Colombia	No
France	No
Greece	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	No
United Kingdom	No
Argentina	Abstain
China	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain

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Africa · r-af-1

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.