COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES VOTING AT UNGA DEBATE ON FALKLANDS,

1 NOVEMBER 1984

Voting with Britain

Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Malawi, New Zealand, Soloman Islands, Sri Lanka

Abstaining

C

Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, Fiji, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Maldives, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu

Voting with Argentina

Barbados, Botswana, Cyprus, Ghana, Guyana, India, Malaysia, Malta, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Absent

Gambia, St Christopher and Nevis, Seychelles

Total Commonwealth vote

(including UK)

With Britain

Abstentions

With Argentina

Absent

1984

1983

1982

8

8

11

21

20

19

13

12

12

3

4

1

45

44

The changes in voting from last year were as follows:

1

43

From Absent to Yes:

From Abstain to Yes:

From Absent to No:

From Yes to Abstain:

From Absent to Abstain:

From No to Absent:

From Abstain to Absent:

Cyprus

Barbados

Grenada

Papua New Guinea

Antigua and Barbuda

Gambia

St Christopher and Nevis

The new Commonwealth country with a vote, Brunei, abstained.

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