A/RES/42/93

Comprehensive system of international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 42
Date: 1987-12-07
Committee report: A/42/761
Meeting record: A/42/PV.93
Agenda item(s): Comprehensive system of international peace and security.

Tally

Yes 76No 12Abstain 63Did not vote 8

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/42/93
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	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
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	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
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Belgium	No
Costa Rica	No
Dominican Republic	No
France	No
Haiti	No
Israel	No
Japan	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
Portugal	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Comoros	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY--COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM

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.