A/RES/36/231A

Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 36
Date: 1981-12-18
Committee report: A/36/833
Meeting record: A/36/PV.105
Agenda item(s): Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations.

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Yes 118No 22Did not vote 17

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'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/36/231A
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Australia	No
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Denmark	No
Finland	No
France	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Greece	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Portugal	No
Spain	No
Sweden	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Algeria	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	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.