A/RES/2603(XXIV)[A]

Question of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 24
Date: 1969-12-16
Committee report: A/7890
Meeting record: A/PV.1836
Agenda item(s): Question of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons.

Tally

Yes 80No 3Abstain 36Did 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/2603(XXIV)[A]
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Australia	No
Portugal	No
United States	No
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
France	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Zambia	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.