A/RES/36/237

Establishment of an Information Systems Unit in the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 36
Date: 1981-12-18
Committee report: A/36/845
Meeting record: A/36/PV.105
Agenda item(s): Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1982-1983.

Tally

Yes 107No 16Abstain 15Did 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/36/237
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Canada	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
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	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
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Czechoslovakia	No
France	No
German Democratic Republic	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Hungary	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Mongolia	No
Poland	No
Portugal	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
India	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Viet Nam	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.