A/RES/48/15

Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 48
Date: 1993-11-02
Meeting record: A/48/PV.47
Draft: A/48/L.15
Agenda item(s): Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin.

Tally

Yes 106Abstain 25Did not vote 53

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/48/15
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	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
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Albania	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Andorra	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Armenia	Did not vote
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Bangladesh	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Brazil	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Estonia	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Georgia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Kazakhstan	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Latvia	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Lithuania	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Monaco	Did not vote
Nigeria	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Republic of Moldova	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
San Marino	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Slovenia	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

CULTURAL PROPERTY RESTITUTION

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.