A/RES/38/187A

Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 38
Date: 1983-12-20
Committee report: A/38/639
Meeting record: A/38/PV.103
Agenda item(s): Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons.

Tally

Yes 98No 1Abstain 49Did not vote 10

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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/38/187A
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
United States	No
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
India	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Seychelles	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote

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Topics

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

CHEMICAL WEAPONS--PROHIBITION

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.