United Nations General Assembly Resolution 34/37

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Resolution 34/37
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Date21 November 1979
Meeting no.A/34/PV.75
CodeA/RES/34/37 (Document)
SubjectQuestion of Western Sahara
Voting summary
  • 85 voted for
  • 6 voted against
  • 41 abstained
ResultAdopted

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 34/37, titled Question of Western Sahara , is a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly about the situation in Western Sahara, which was adopted on 21 November 1979 at the 34th session of the General Assembly. It became the eighteenth United Nations General Assembly document concerning the situation of that territory.

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The resolution reaffirmed "the inalienable right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Charter of the Organization of African Unity and the objectives of the UN General Assembly Resolution 1514, and the legitimacy of their struggle to secure the enjoyment of that right." It also welcomes the Algiers Agreement between Mauritania and the Polisario Front as an "important contribution to the process of achieving peace", while "deeply deplores the aggravation of the situation resulting from the continued occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco and the extension of that occupation to the territory recently evacuated by Mauritania", urging Morocco to "join in the peace process and to terminate the occupation of the territory of Western Sahara". [1]

Draft resolution

On 21 November 1979, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/34/37 by a recorded vote of 85 in favour to 6 against, with 41 abstentions and 20 countries not voting. [2] The table below shows related voting results:

ForAgainstAbstain
Flag of Afghanistan (1978-1980).svg Afghanistan Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg Bahrain
Flag of Albania (1946-1992).svg Albania Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Angola.svg Angola Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg Burma
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Benin (1975-1990).svg Benin Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Flag of Germany.svg Federal Republic of Germany
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Byelorussian SSR Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Cape Verde (1975-1992).svg  Cape Verde Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Flag of South Yemen.svg Democratic Yemen Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg Ethiopia Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Flag of East Germany.svg  German Democratic Republic Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Spain
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Flag of Cameroon.svg United Republic of Cameroon
Flag of India.svg  India Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Flag of North Yemen.svg Yemen Arab Republic
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos
Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1945-1992).svg Mongolia
Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg Mozambique
Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Flag of Rwanda (1961-2001).svg  Rwanda
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe
Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Syria (1972-1980).svg  Syria
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Tanzania.svg  United Republic of Tanzania
Flag of Upper Volta.svg  Upper Volta
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia

See also

References

  1. Question of Western Sahara Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at its 34th session: A/RES/34/37 - A/34/PV.75 - 21 November 1979
  2. "Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly - Voting record". United Nations Bibliographic Information System - Dag Hammarskjold Library. Retrieved 3 October 2012.