A/RES/255(III)

Transfer to the United Nations of functions and powers previously exercised by the League of Nations under the International Convention Relating to Economic Statistics, signed at Geneva on 14 December 1948 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 3
Date: 1948-11-18
Committee report: A/713|A/713/Corr.1
Meeting record: A/PV.160
Agenda item(s): Transfer to the United Nations of functions and powers previously exercised by the League of Nations under the International Convention Relating to Economic Statistics, signed at Geneva on 14 December 1948.

Tally

Yes 30No 11Abstain 12Did not vote 5

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/255(III)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Greece	Yes
India	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Ethiopia	No
Guatemala	No
Mexico	No
Poland	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Uruguay	No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	No
Yugoslavia	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
France	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Ecuador	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Thailand (as “SIAM”)	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.