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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 40/50

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{{Infobox UN resolution|number=40/50|organ=GA|date=2 December|year=1985|meeting=|code=A/RES/40/50|document=https://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/40/a40r050.htm|for=96|abstention=39|against=7|subject=Question of Western Sahara|result=Adopted|image=|caption=}}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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/40/a40r050.htm|title=A/RES/40/50. Question of Western Sahara|website=www.un.org|access-date=2017-05-12}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1J9445U335144.22599&profile=voting&uri=full=3100023~!478147~!125&ri=7&aspect=power&menu=search&source=~!horizon|title=Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly - Voting record|publisher=United Nations Bibliographic Information System - Dag Hammarskjold Library|accessdate=10 May 2017}} The table below shows voting results by country:

class="sortable wikitable"

| width="" align="center" bgcolor="98FB98" |For

| width="" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" |Against

| width="" align="center" bgcolor="" |Abstentions

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flagdeco|Afghanistan|1978}} Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |Central African Republic

|Belgium

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flagdeco|Albania|1946}} People's Socialist Republic of Albania

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |Equatorial Guinea

|Brunei Darussalam

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flag|Algeria}}

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |Gabon

|Myanmar

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flag|Angola}}

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |Guatemala

|Canada

bgcolor="98FB98" |Antigua & Barbuda

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |Morocco

|Chad

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flag|Argentina}}

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |Philippines

|Chile

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flag|Australia}}

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |Zaire

|Denmark

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flag|Austria}}

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|El Salvador

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flag|Bahamas}}

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|France

bgcolor="98FB98" |Barbados

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Federal Republic of Germany

bgcolor="98FB98" |Belize

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Iceland

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flagdeco|Benin|1975}} People's Republic of Benin

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Indonesia

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flag|Bhutan}}

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Iraq

bgcolor="98FB98" |Bolivia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Ireland

bgcolor="98FB98" |{{flag|Botswana}}

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Israel

bgcolor="98FB98" |Brazil

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Italy

bgcolor="98FB98" |Bulgaria

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Côte d'Ivoire

bgcolor="98FB98" |Burkina Faso

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Japan

bgcolor="98FB98" |Burundi

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Jordan

bgcolor="98FB98" |Belarus

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Luxembourg

bgcolor="98FB98" |Cameroon

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Malaysia

bgcolor="98FB98" |Cape Verde

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Maldives

bgcolor="98FB98" |Colombia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Norway

bgcolor="98FB98" |Congo

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Pakistan

bgcolor="98FB98" |Costa Rica

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Paraguay

bgcolor="98FB98" |Cuba

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Portugal

bgcolor="98FB98" |Cyprus

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Samoa

bgcolor="98FB98" |Czechoslovakia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Saudi Arabia

bgcolor="98FB98" |People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Singapore

bgcolor="98FB98" |Dominican Republic

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Solomon Islands

bgcolor="98FB98" |Ecuador

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Somali Democratic Republic

bgcolor="98FB98" |Egypt

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Sri Lanka

bgcolor="98FB98" |Ethiopia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Thailand

bgcolor="98FB98" |Fiji

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|Turkey

bgcolor="98FB98" |Finland

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|United Kingdom

bgcolor="98FB98" |Gambia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|United States

bgcolor="98FB98" |German Democratic Republic

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Ghana

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Greece

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Grenada

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Guinea-Bissau

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Guyana

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Haiti

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Honduras

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Hungary

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |India

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Islamic Republic of Iran

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Jamaica

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Kenya

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Lao People's Democratic Republic

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Lesotho

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Liberia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Madagascar

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Malawi

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Mali

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Malta

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Mauritania

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Mauritius

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Mexico

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Mongolia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Mozambique

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |New Zealand

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Nicaragua

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Niger

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Nigeria

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Panama

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Papua New Guinea

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Peru

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Polish People's Republic

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Rwanda

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Saint Lucia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |São Tomé and Príncipe

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Senegal

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Seychelles

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Sierra Leone

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Spain

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Sudan

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Suriname

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Swaziland

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Sweden

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Syrian Arab Republic

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Togo

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Trinidad and Tobago

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Tunisia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Uganda

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |USSR

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |United Republic of Tanzania

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Uruguay

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Vanuatu

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Venezuela

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Vietnam

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Yugoslavia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Zambia

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

bgcolor="98FB98" |Zimbabwe

| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |

|

See also

References

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