A/RES/44/124B

Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 44
Date: 1989-12-15
Committee report: A/44/819
Meeting record: A/44/PV.81
Agenda item(s): Question of Antarctica.

Tally

Yes 101Abstain 8Did not vote 50

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/44/124B
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	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
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
China	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Argentina	Did not vote
Australia	Did not vote
Austria	Did not vote
Belarus	Did not vote
Belgium	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Brazil	Did not vote
Bulgaria	Did not vote
Canada	Did not vote
Chile	Did not vote
Colombia	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Cuba	Did not vote
Czechoslovakia	Did not vote
Democratic Yemen	Did not vote
Denmark	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Finland	Did not vote
France	Did not vote
German Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Germany, Federal Republic of	Did not vote
Greece	Did not vote
Hungary	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
India	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Italy	Did not vote
Japan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Did not vote
New Zealand	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Norway	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Peru	Did not vote
Poland	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Spain	Did not vote
Sweden	Did not vote
Ukraine	Did not vote
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Did not vote
United Kingdom	Did not vote
United States	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

ANTARCTICA

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.