A/RES/42/7

Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 42
Date: 1987-10-22
Meeting record: A/42/PV.47
Draft: A/42/L.10
Agenda item(s): Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin.

Tally

Yes 103Abstain 15Did not vote 41

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/42/7
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	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
Mozambique	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Suriname	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 Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Bangladesh	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Burkina Faso	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Cuba	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Hungary	Did not vote
Jamaica	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Myanmar	Did not vote
Nigeria	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Singapore	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Sri Lanka	Did not vote
Sudan	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

CULTURAL PROPERTY RESTITUTION

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.