A/RES/44/114A

Reduction of military budgets : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 44
Date: 1989-12-15
Committee report: A/44/783
Meeting record: A/44/PV.81
Agenda item(s): Reduction of military budgets.

Tally

Yes 116No 10Abstain 19Did not vote 14

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/44/114A
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	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
Myanmar	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	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
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	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
Belgium	No
Canada	No
France	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Italy	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
Portugal	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Algeria	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
India	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Oman	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Singapore	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

MILITARY BUDGETS

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.