A/RES/49/78

The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 49
Date: 1994-12-15
Committee report: A/49/702
Meeting record: A/49/PV.90
Agenda item(s): Israeli nuclear armament.

Tally

Yes 60No 4Abstain 100Did not vote 21

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/49/78
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Niger	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Israel	No
Marshall Islands	No
Micronesia (Federated States of)	No
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Comoros	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Eritrea	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
India	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Tajikistan	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Angola	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Jamaica	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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Topics

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Middle East · r-me-1Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

ISRAEL--NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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.