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A/RES/36/89

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 36
Date
1981-12-09
Committee report
A/36/749
Meeting record
A/36/PV.91
Agenda item(s)
Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons.

Tally

Yes 116Abstain 27Did not vote 14

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/36/89
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GrenadaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saint LuciaYes
SamoaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SeychellesYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
UgandaYes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Yes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
CanadaAbstain
ColombiaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Abstain
FranceAbstain
Germany, Federal Republic ofAbstain
GhanaAbstain
GreeceAbstain
GuatemalaAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
PortugalAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
United KingdomAbstain
United StatesAbstain
AlbaniaDid not vote
AngolaDid not vote
Antigua and BarbudaDid not vote
BotswanaDid not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)Did not vote
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)Did not vote
ChinaDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
MalawiDid not vote
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
VanuatuDid not vote
ZimbabweDid not vote

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

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.