A/RES/51/48

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

Body: General Assembly, session 51
Date: 1996-12-10
Committee report: A/51/566/Add.1
Meeting record: A/51/PV.79
Agenda item(s): Risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.

Tally

Yes 129No 3Abstain 32Did not vote 21

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'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/51/48
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	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
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Israel	No
Micronesia (Federated States of)	No
United States	No
Barbados	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
India	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Tajikistan	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Armenia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Greece	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Republic of Moldova	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Senegal	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)

NUCLEAR WEAPONS--MIDDLE EAST

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.