A/RES/52/38O

Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 52
Date: 1997-12-09
Committee report: A/52/600
Meeting record: A/52/PV.67
Agenda item(s): General and complete disarmament.

Tally

Yes 116No 26Abstain 24Did not vote 19

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/52/38O
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cameroon	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
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	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
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	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
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	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
Albania	No
Andorra	No
Belgium	No
Bulgaria	No
Canada	No
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	No
France	No
Germany	No
Greece	No
Hungary	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Luxembourg	No
Monaco	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	No
Poland	No
Portugal	No
Romania	No
Russian Federation	No
Slovakia	No
Slovenia	No
Spain	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Armenia	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Tajikistan	Abstain
Turkmenistan	Abstain
Angola	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
Dominica	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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Topics

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International justice · r-th-justNon-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

DISARMAMENT--GENERAL AND COMPLETE

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.