A/RES/37/185

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 37
Date: 1982-12-17
Committee report: A/37/745
Meeting record: A/37/PV.110
Draft: A/37/L.61
Agenda item(s): Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 71No 18Abstain 55Did not vote 13

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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/37/185
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Poland	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Togo	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
Vanuatu	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	No
Argentina	No
Brazil	No
Chile	No
El Salvador	No
Guatemala	No
Haiti	No
Honduras	No
Indonesia	No
Israel	No
Morocco	No
Pakistan	No
Paraguay	No
Philippines	No
Saint Lucia	No
Solomon Islands	No
United States	No
Uruguay	No
Australia	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Abstain
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Did not vote
Yemen	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.