A/RES/38/188F

Curbing the naval arms race : limitation and reduction of naval armaments, extension of confidence-building measures to seas and oceans : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 38
Date: 1983-12-20
Committee report: A/38/640
Meeting record: A/38/PV.103
Agenda item(s): General and complete disarmament.

Tally

Yes 73No 19Abstain 44Did not vote 22

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/38/188F
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	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
Australia	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Denmark	No
France	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Iceland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Portugal	No
Spain	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Angola	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Myanmar	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Singapore	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Thailand	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote

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Topics

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

DISARMAMENT--GENERAL AND COMPLETE

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.