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A/RES/37/77B

Renunciation of the use of new discoveries and scientific and technological achievements for military purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 37
Date
1982-12-09
Committee report
A/37/659
Meeting record
A/37/PV.98
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 114No 10Abstain 17Did not vote 16

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/37/77B
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
AustriaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)Yes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
CongoYes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Yes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GrenadaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
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
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saint LuciaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
SwedenYes
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
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
ZambiaYes
BelgiumNo
FranceNo
Germany, Federal Republic ofNo
ItalyNo
LuxembourgNo
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)No
PortugalNo
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)No
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
ColombiaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
GreeceAbstain
GuatemalaAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
JapanAbstain
LebanonAbstain
LiberiaAbstain
MalawiAbstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
ParaguayAbstain
Saudi ArabiaAbstain
SpainAbstain
AlbaniaDid not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)Did not vote
ChinaDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
Costa RicaDid not vote
DjiboutiDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
HondurasDid not vote
LesothoDid not vote
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDid not vote
SamoaDid not vote
SenegalDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
ZimbabweDid not vote

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Topics

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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.