A/RES/997(ES-I)

Question considered by the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings, held on 30 October 1956 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly
Date: 1956-11-02
Committee report: A/3256
Meeting record: A/PV.562
Agenda item(s): Question considered by the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings, held on 30 October 1956.

Tally

Yes 64No 5Abstain 6Did not vote 1

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/997(ES-I)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Australia	No
France	No
Israel	No
New Zealand	No
United Kingdom	No
Belgium	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Abstain
Luxembourg	Did not vote

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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.