A/RES/44/109

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 44
Date: 1989-12-15
Committee report: A/44/776
Meeting record: A/44/PV.81
Agenda item(s): Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia.

Tally

Yes 116No 3Abstain 32Did not vote 8

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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/44/109
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Australia	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	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
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Bhutan	No
India	No
Mauritius	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Democratic Yemen	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
France	Abstain
German Democratic Republic	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Seychelles	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Belize	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Hungary	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic	Did not vote

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Topics

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

SOUTH ASIA--NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES

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.