A/RES/49/52

Draft articles on the law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 49
Date: 1994-12-09
Committee report: A/49/738
Meeting record: A/49/PV.84
Agenda item(s): Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 46th session.

Tally

Yes 143Abstain 8Did not vote 33

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/49/52
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	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
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Benin	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
India	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Andorra	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Chad	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
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Estonia	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Jamaica	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
San Marino	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

UN. INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION--REPORTS

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.