A/RES/37/76

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assemly

Body: General Assembly, session 37
Date: 1982-12-09
Committee report: A/37/658
Meeting record: A/37/PV.98
Agenda item(s): Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia.

Tally

Yes 99No 2Abstain 45Did not vote 11

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/37/76
Country	Position
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Botswana	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
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Bhutan	No
India	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
France	Abstain
German Democratic Republic	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	Did 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.