A/RES/3254(XXIX)

Reduction of the military budgets of States permanent members of the security council by 10 per cent and utilization of part of the funds thus saved to provide assistance to developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 29
Date: 1974-12-09
Committee report: A/9900
Meeting record: A/PV.2309
Agenda item(s): Reduction of the military budgets of States permanent members of the security council by 10 per cent and utilization of part of the funds thus saved to provide assistance to developing countries.

Tally

Yes 99No 2Abstain 12Did not vote 25

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/3254(XXIX)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	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
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	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
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	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
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Albania	No
China	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
France	Abstain
German Democratic Republic	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Jamaica	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Togo	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.