A/RES/41/59D

General and complete disarmament : contribution of the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the UN system to the cause of arms limitation and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 41
Date: 1986-12-03
Committee report: A/41/840
Meeting record: A/41/PV.94
Agenda item(s): General and complete disarmament.

Tally

Yes 117No 16Abstain 19Did not vote 7

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'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/41/59D
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	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
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	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
Solomon Islands	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
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	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
Australia	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
France	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Iceland	No
Israel	No
Japan	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Portugal	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Jamaica	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote

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Topics

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

DISARMAMENT--GENERAL AND COMPLETE

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.