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A/RES/37/92

Principles Governing the Use by States of Artificial Earth Satellites for International Direct Television Broadcasting : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 37
Date
1982-12-10
Committee report
A/37/646
Meeting record
A/37/PV.100
Agenda item(s)
Preparation of an international convention on principles governing the use by States of artificial earth satellites for direct television broadcasting.

Tally

Yes 107No 13Abstain 13Did not vote 24

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/37/92
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
ArgentinaYes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)Yes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)Yes
BurundiYes
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)Yes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MozambiqueYes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Yes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
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
BelgiumNo
DenmarkNo
Germany, Federal Republic ofNo
IcelandNo
IsraelNo
ItalyNo
JapanNo
LuxembourgNo
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)No
NorwayNo
SpainNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GreeceAbstain
IrelandAbstain
LebanonAbstain
MalawiAbstain
MoroccoAbstain
New ZealandAbstain
PortugalAbstain
SwedenAbstain
AlbaniaDid not vote
AngolaDid not vote
Antigua and BarbudaDid not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Did not vote
BelizeDid not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Did not vote
Costa RicaDid not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Did not vote
DominicaDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Did not vote
GrenadaDid not vote
GuatemalaDid not vote
GuineaDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
LesothoDid not vote
ParaguayDid not vote
Saint LuciaDid not vote
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDid not vote
SamoaDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
VanuatuDid not vote
ZimbabweDid 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.