A/RES/3257(XXIX)

Urgent need for cessation of nuclear and thermonuclear tests and conclusion of a treaty designed to achieve a comprehensive test ban : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 29
Date: 1974-12-09
Committee report: A/9903
Meeting record: A/PV.2309
Agenda item(s): Urgent need for cessation of nuclear and thermonuclear tests and conclusion of a treaty designed to achieve a comprehensive test ban.

Tally

Yes 95No 3Abstain 33Did 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/3257(XXIX)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Jamaica	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
Malaysia	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	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
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	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
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	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
France	No
Algeria	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Democratic Yemen	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
German Democratic Republic	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Bhutan	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote

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Topics

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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.