A/RES/52/24

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

Body: General Assembly, session 52
Date: 1997-11-25
Meeting record: A/52/PV.55
Draft: A/52/L.12|A/52/L.12/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin.

Tally

Yes 87Abstain 23Did not vote 75

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/52/24
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
New Zealand	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
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Andorra	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Albania	Did not vote
Angola	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Bahrain	Did not vote
Bangladesh	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Bulgaria	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
Congo	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Hungary	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Monaco	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Namibia	Did not vote
Nepal	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Slovenia	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	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.