A/RES/42/38A

General and completed disarmament : bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 42
Date: 1987-11-30
Committee report: A/42/669/Add.1
Meeting record: A/42/PV.84
Agenda item(s): General and complete disarmament.

Tally

Yes 115Abstain 39Did not vote 5

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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/42/38A
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	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
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Norway	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	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
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Democratic Yemen	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Mozambique	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.