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A/RES/33/184

Importance of the improvement of the status and role of women in education and in the economic and social fields for the achievement of the equality of women with men : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 33
Date
1979-01-29
Committee report
A/33/479
Meeting record
A/33/PV.95
Agenda item(s)
United Nations Decade for Women : Equality, Development and Peace.

Tally

Yes 88Abstain 22Did not vote 41

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/33/184
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)Yes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
GabonYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
SamoaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SingaporeYes
SomaliaYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UgandaYes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
CanadaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
Germany, Federal Republic ofAbstain
GreeceAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
PortugalAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
United StatesAbstain
AlbaniaDid not vote
AngolaDid not vote
ArgentinaDid not vote
BangladeshDid not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Did not vote
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)Did not vote
Central African Republic (as “CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE”)Did not vote
ChadDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
CongoDid not vote
Costa RicaDid not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Did not vote
DjiboutiDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
Dominican RepublicDid not vote
El SalvadorDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
FijiDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
GrenadaDid not vote
GuineaDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Did not vote
JordanDid not vote
KenyaDid not vote
LebanonDid not vote
MauritiusDid not vote
MoroccoDid not vote
MozambiqueDid not vote
OmanDid not vote
PakistanDid not vote
SenegalDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
Sierra LeoneDid not vote
Solomon IslandsDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
Sri LankaDid not vote
SudanDid not vote
TogoDid not vote
YemenDid 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.