A/RES/40/150

Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 40
Date: 1985-12-16
Committee report: A/40/915
Meeting record: A/40/PV.117
Agenda item(s): Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security.

Tally

Yes 139No 1Abstain 7Did not vote 12

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/40/150
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	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
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
United States	No
Belgium	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

ARMS RACE--ECONOMIC ASPECTS

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.