A/RES/43/185

Trade embargo against Nicaragua : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 43
Date: 1988-12-20
Committee report: A/43/915/Add.2
Meeting record: A/43/PV.83
Agenda item(s): Trade and development.

Tally

Yes 89No 2Abstain 50Did not vote 18

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/43/185
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	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
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Israel	No
United States	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Bangladesh	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Thailand	Did not vote

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Topics

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Americas · r-am-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

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.