A/RES/1040(XI)

Convention on the Nationality of Married Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 11
Date: 1957-01-29
Committee report: A/3462
Meeting record: A/PV.647
Draft: A/L.218
Agenda item(s): Draft Convention on the Nationality of Married Women (decision of the General Assembly of 14 December 1955).

Tally

Yes 47No 2Abstain 24Did not vote 7

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/1040(XI)
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Egypt	No
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
France	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Hungary	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Did not vote
Sudan	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.