A/RES/272(III)

Observance in Bulgaria and Hungary of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 3
Date: 1949-04-30
Committee report: A/844
Meeting record: A/PV.203
Agenda item(s): Advisability of establishing a permanent committee of the General Assembly.

Tally

Yes 34No 6Abstain 9Did not vote 9

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/272(III)
Country	Position
Australia	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
France	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Poland	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Yugoslavia	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
India	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Argentina	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Mexico	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	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.