A/RES/40/137

Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 40
Date: 1985-12-13
Committee report: A/40/1007
Meeting record: A/40/PV.116
Agenda item(s): Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 80No 22Abstain 40Did not vote 17

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/40/137
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Fiji	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Angola	No
Belarus	No
Benin	No
Bulgaria	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
Nicaragua	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Ukraine	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Viet Nam	No
Algeria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Indonesia	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote

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Topics

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Asia and Pacific · r-as-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

UN. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL--REPORTS

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.