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A/RES/1252(XIII)[A]

Question of disarmament; the discontinuance of atomic and hydrogen weapons tests; the reduction of the military budgets of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and France by 10 to 15 per cent and the use of part of the savings so effected for assistance to the under-developed countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 13
Date
1958-11-04
Committee report
A/3974|A/3974/Rev.1|A/3974/Add.1|A/3974/Add.1/Add.1
Meeting record
A/PV.779
Agenda item(s)
Question of disarmament. · The discontinuance of atomic and hydrogen weapons tests. · The reduction of the military budgets of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and France by 10 to 15 per cent and the use of part of the savings so effected for assistance to the under-developed countries.

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Yes 49No 9Abstain 22Did not vote 1

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Roll call – A/RES/1252(XIII)[A]
CountryPosition
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
BelgiumYes
BrazilYes
CanadaYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
CubaYes
DenmarkYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
El SalvadorYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IcelandYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IrelandYes
ItalyYes
JordanYes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)Yes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
LuxembourgYes
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)Yes
MexicoYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NorwayYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PortugalYes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)Yes
SpainYes
SudanYes
ThailandYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
United KingdomYes
United StatesYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
AlbaniaNo
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)No
BulgariaNo
CzechoslovakiaNo
HungaryNo
PolandNo
RomaniaNo
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)No
AfghanistanAbstain
AustriaAbstain
CambodiaAbstain
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)Abstain
EthiopiaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GhanaAbstain
IndiaAbstain
IndonesiaAbstain
IraqAbstain
IsraelAbstain
JapanAbstain
LibyaAbstain
MoroccoAbstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Abstain
NepalAbstain
Saudi ArabiaAbstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)Abstain
SwedenAbstain
YemenAbstain
YugoslaviaAbstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Did not vote

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

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.