A/RES/37/7

World Charter for Nature : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 37
Date: 1982-10-28
Meeting record: A/37/PV.48
Draft: A/37/L.4|A/37/L.4/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Consideration and adoption of the revised draft World Charter for Nature.

Tally

Yes 111No 1Abstain 18Did not vote 27

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/37/7
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Angola	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin	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
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Comoros	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
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	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 Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
United States	No
Algeria	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Democratic Yemen	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic	Did not vote
Vanuatu	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.