A/RES/38/187C

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) 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 97No 20Abstain 30Did not vote 11

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