A/RES/31/73

Establishment of and nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 31
Date: 1976-12-10
Committee report: A/31/383
Meeting record: A/31/PV.96
Agenda item(s): Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia.

Tally

Yes 91No 2Abstain 43Did not vote 10

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'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/31/73
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	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
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname (as “SURINAM”)	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
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Bhutan	No
India	No
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
France	Abstain
German Democratic Republic	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Angola	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

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.