A/RES/2850(XXVI)

United Nations Conference on the Human 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 104No 9Abstain 7Did not vote 12

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/2850(XXVI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Belgium	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
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	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 Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Congo	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Hungary	No
Mongolia	No
Poland	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Chile	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
India	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Yugoslavia	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
Oman	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.