A/RES/33/53

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 33
Date: 1978-12-14
Committee report: A/33/475
Meeting record: A/33/PV.84
Agenda item(s): Human rights and scientific and technological developments.

Tally

Yes 83Abstain 48Did not vote 19

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/33/53
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Afghanistan	Abstain
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Central African Republic (as “CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE”)	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Democratic Yemen	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
German Democratic Republic	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Bahrain	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Sri Lanka	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote
Viet Nam	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.