A/RES/50/56

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

Body: General Assembly, session 50
Date: 1995-12-11
Meeting record: A/50/PV.87
Draft: A/50/L.28
Agenda item(s): Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin.

Tally

Yes 124Abstain 24Did not vote 37

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/50/56
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	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
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	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
Samoa	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Andorra	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Argentina	Did not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chile	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Hungary	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Jamaica	Did not vote
Japan	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Latvia	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Rwanda	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
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	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.