A/RES/40/140

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Guatemala : 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 91No 8Abstain 47Did not vote 13

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/40/140
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Bangladesh	No
Chile	No
El Salvador	No
Guatemala	No
Indonesia	No
Morocco	No
Pakistan	No
Paraguay	No
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
China	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote

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Americas · r-am-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.