A/RES/285(III)

Violation by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of fundamental human rights, traditional diplomatic practices and other principles of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 3
Date: 1949-04-25
Committee report: A/787|A/828
Meeting record: A/PV.197
Agenda item(s): Violation by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of fundamental human rights, traditional diplomatic practices and other principles of the Charter.

Tally

Yes 39No 6Abstain 11Did not vote 2

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/285(III)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
France	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand (as “SIAM”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	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
China	Abstain
India	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Ethiopia	Did not vote
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	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.