A/RES/39/158

Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 39
Date: 1984-12-17
Committee report: A/39/759
Meeting record: A/39/PV.102
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security.

Tally

Yes 108No 22Abstain 13Did not vote 16

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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/39/158
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Belarus	No
Belgium	No
Bulgaria	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
France	No
German Democratic Republic	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Hungary	No
Italy	No
Lao People's Democratic Republic	No
Luxembourg	No
Mongolia	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
Poland	No
Portugal	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
Ukraine	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Austria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Cyprus	Did not vote
Democratic Yemen	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

COLLECTIVE SECURITY

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.