A/RES/47/65

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 47
Date: 1992-12-11
Meeting record: A/47/PV.84
Draft: A/47/L.28
Agenda item(s): Law of the sea.

Tally

Yes 135No 1Abstain 9Did not vote 34

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/47/65
Country	Position
Algeria	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
Belgium	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	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
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar	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
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Albania	Did not vote
Armenia	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Georgia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Kazakhstan	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
San Marino	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote
Zambia	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

LAW OF THE SEA

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.