A/RES/40/173

International economic security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 40
Date: 1985-12-17
Committee report: A/40/1009/Add.1
Meeting record: A/40/PV.119
Agenda item(s): Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 96No 19Abstain 28Did not vote 16

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/40/173
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	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
Cameroon	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	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
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Australia	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Denmark	No
France	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Portugal	No
Spain	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Philippines	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Thailand	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	Did not vote

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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.