A/RES/40/156C

Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 40
Date: 1985-12-16
Committee report: A/40/996|A/40/996/Corr.1
Meeting record: A/40/PV.117
Agenda item(s): Question of Antarctica.

Tally

Yes 100Abstain 12Did not vote 47

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/40/156C
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	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
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	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
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	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
Peru	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	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
Austria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Argentina	Did not vote
Australia	Did not vote
Belarus	Did not vote
Belgium	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Brazil	Did not vote
Bulgaria	Did not vote
Chile	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Did not vote
Cuba	Did not vote
Czechoslovakia	Did not vote
Denmark	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Finland	Did not vote
France	Did not vote
German Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Germany, Federal Republic of	Did not vote
Greece	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Hungary	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Italy	Did not vote
Japan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Did not vote
New Zealand	Did not vote
Norway	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Philippines	Did not vote
Poland	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Spain	Did not vote
Sweden	Did not vote
Ukraine	Did not vote
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Did not vote
United Kingdom	Did not vote
United States	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

ANTARCTICA

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.