A/RES/51/229

Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 51
Date: 1997-05-21
Meeting record: A/51/PV.99
Draft: A/51/L.72
Agenda item(s): Convention on the law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses.

Tally

Yes 103No 3Abstain 27Did not vote 52

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/51/229
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Burundi	No
China	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
Andorra	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
France	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
India	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Myanmar	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Nigeria	Did not vote
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Republic of Moldova	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Sri Lanka	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Togo	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

INTERNATIONAL WATERCOURSES

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.