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A/RES/38/182

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 38
Date
1983-12-20
Committee report
A/38/627
Meeting record
A/38/PV.103
Agenda item(s)
Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons.

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Yes 116No 1Abstain 26Did not vote 15

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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/38/182
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ColombiaYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechoslovakiaYes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Yes
Democratic YemenYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
German Democratic RepublicYes
GhanaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
QatarYes
RomaniaYes
RwandaYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
UgandaYes
UkraineYes
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
ZimbabweYes
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
CanadaAbstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)Abstain
DenmarkAbstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Abstain
FranceAbstain
Germany, Federal Republic ofAbstain
GreeceAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
NorwayAbstain
ParaguayAbstain
PortugalAbstain
SomaliaAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
United KingdomAbstain
AlbaniaDid not vote
CambodiaDid not vote
ChinaDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
DjiboutiDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
GrenadaDid not vote
GuatemalaDid not vote
MaltaDid not vote
Saint Kitts and NevisDid not vote
SamoaDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
Solomon IslandsDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

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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.