United Nations General Assembly Resolution 40/50, entitled Question of Western Sahara, is a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly about the situation in Western Sahara, which was adopted on 2 December 1985 at the 40th session of the General Assembly.
Draft Resolution On 2 December 1985, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/40/50 by a recorded vote of 96 in favour to 7 against, with 39 abstentions and 17 countries not voting. The table below shows voting results by country: ForAgainstAbstentions Democratic Republic of AfghanistanCentral African RepublicBelgium People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaEquatorial GuineaBrunei DarussalamGabonMyanmarGuatemalaCanadaAntigua & BarbudaMoroccoChadPhilippinesChileZaireDenmarkEl SalvadorFranceBarbadosFederal Republic of GermanyBelizeIceland People's Republic of BeninIndonesiaIraqBoliviaIrelandIsraelBrazilItalyBulgariaCôte d'IvoireBurkina FasoJapanBurundiJordanBelarusLuxembourgCameroonMalaysiaCape VerdeMaldivesColombiaNorwayCongoPakistanCosta RicaParaguayCubaPortugalCyprusSamoaCzechoslovakiaSaudi ArabiaPeople's Democratic Republic of YemenSingaporeDominican RepublicSolomon IslandsEcuadorSomali Democratic RepublicEgyptSri LankaEthiopiaThailandFijiTurkeyFinlandUnited KingdomGambiaUnited StatesGerman Democratic RepublicGhanaGreeceGrenadaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasHungaryIndiaIslamic Republic of IranJamaicaKenyaLao People's Democratic RepublicLesothoLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliMaltaMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMongoliaMozambiqueNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaPanamaPapua New GuineaPeruPolish People's RepublicRwandaSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSão Tomé and PríncipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSpainSudanSurinameSwazilandSwedenSyrian Arab RepublicTogoTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaUgandaUkrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicUSSRUnited Republic of TanzaniaUruguayVanuatuVenezuelaVietnamYugoslaviaZambiaZimbabwe
See also National Question
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