A/RES/317(IV)

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 4
Date: 1949-12-02
Committee report: A/1164
Meeting record: A/PV.264
Agenda item(s): Draft convention for the suppression of the traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others.

Tally

Yes 35No 2Abstain 15Did not vote 7

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/317(IV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Greece	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
France	No
United Kingdom	No
Belgium	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
Paraguay	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.