A/RES/50/11

Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 50
Date: 1995-11-02
Meeting record: A/50/PV.49
Draft: A/50/L.6/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Multilingualism.

Tally

Yes 100No 35Abstain 29Did 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/50/11
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Oman	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Azerbaijan	No
Bangladesh	No
Bhutan	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	No
Botswana	No
Brunei Darussalam	No
Eritrea	No
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	No
Ethiopia	No
Fiji	No
Georgia	No
Indonesia	No
Israel	No
Jamaica	No
Japan	No
Kenya	No
Lesotho	No
Marshall Islands	No
Namibia	No
New Zealand	No
Nigeria	No
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	No
Palau	No
Papua New Guinea	No
Philippines	No
Republic of Korea	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No
Samoa	No
Solomon Islands	No
Sri Lanka	No
Suriname	No
Thailand	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
United States	No
Zambia	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Angola	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Lithuania	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

MULTILINGUALISM--UN

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.