A/RES/36/7

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

Body: General Assembly, session 36
Date: 1981-10-27
Meeting record: A/36/PV.41
Draft: A/36/L.7|A/36/L.7/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Historical responsibility of States for the preservation of nature for present and future generations.

Tally

Yes 80Abstain 55Did not vote 21

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/36/7
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	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
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Albania	Did not vote
Angola	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Botswana	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
Dominica	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Suriname	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.