A/RES/40/81

Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 40
Date: 1985-12-12
Committee report: A/40/942
Meeting record: A/40/PV.113
Agenda item(s): Urgent need for a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Tally

Yes 116No 4Abstain 29Did not vote 10

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/40/81
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	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
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	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
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	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
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
France	No
Grenada	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
China	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
German Democratic Republic	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
India	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	Did not vote

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Topics

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS--TREATIES

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.