A/RES/2849(XXVI)

Development and environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 26
Date: 1971-12-20
Committee report: A/8577
Meeting record: A/PV.2026
Agenda item(s): United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.

Tally

Yes 85No 2Abstain 34Did not vote 11

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/2849(XXVI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	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.