A/RES/35/8

Historical responsibility of States for the preservation of nature for present and future generations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 35
Date: 1980-10-30
Meeting record: A/35/PV.49
Draft: A/35/L.7|A/35/L.7/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Historical responsibility of States for the preservation of nature for present and future generations.

Tally

Yes 68Abstain 47Did not vote 39

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/35/8
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Angola	Did not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Sri Lanka	Did not vote
Sudan	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Uruguay	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.