A/RES/52/181

Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 52
Date: 1997-12-18
Committee report: A/52/626/Add.2
Meeting record: A/52/PV.77
Agenda item(s): Trade and development.

Tally

Yes 109No 1Abstain 50Did not vote 25

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/52/181
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
United States	No
Andorra	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Turkmenistan	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Estonia	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Nepal	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

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.