A/RES/31/9

Conclusion of a world treaty on the non-use of force in international relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 31
Date: 1976-11-08
Committee report: A/31/305
Meeting record: A/31/PV.57
Agenda item(s): Conclusion of a world treaty on the non-use of force in international relations.

Tally

Yes 88No 2Abstain 31Did not vote 24

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/31/9
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	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
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	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
Albania	No
China	No
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Ghana	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Luxembourg	Did not vote
Oman	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote

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Peacekeeping and missions · r-th-pk

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.