A/RES/51/217

United Nations pension system : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 51
Date: 1996-12-18
Committee report: A/51/746
Meeting record: A/51/PV.89
Agenda item(s): United Nations pension system.

Tally

Yes 102No 1Abstain 12Did not vote 70

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/51/217
Country	Position
Andorra	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	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
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Ukraine	No
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Albania	Did not vote
Algeria	Did not vote
Angola	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
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire	Did not vote
Croatia	Did not vote
Cuba	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
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Ethiopia	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Greece	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Indonesia	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Monaco	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Oman	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Portugal	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
San Marino	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Sudan	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

UN SYSTEM--PENSIONS

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.