A/RES/45/150

Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 45
Date: 1990-12-18
Committee report: A/45/766
Meeting record: A/45/PV.69
Agenda item(s): Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections.

Tally

Yes 129No 8Abstain 9Did not vote 13

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/45/150
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	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
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	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
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Angola	No
China	No
Colombia	No
Cuba	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Myanmar	No
Sudan	No
Viet Nam	No
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
India	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Brunei Darussalam	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Mongolia	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)

ELECTIONS

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.