A/RES/844(IX)

Procedure for the examination of reports and petitions relating to the Territory of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 9
Date: 1954-10-11
Committee report: A/2747
Meeting record: A/PV.494
Agenda item(s): Question of South West Africa.

Tally

Yes 33No 3Abstain 15Did not vote 9

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/844(IX)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Greece	Yes
Haiti	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
United States	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
France	No
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	No
United Kingdom	No
Australia	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
China	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Luxembourg	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Did not vote

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Topics

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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.