A/RES/53/196

Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 53
Date: 1998-12-15
Committee report: A/53/612
Meeting record: A/53/PV.91
Agenda item(s): Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources.

Tally

Yes 144No 2Abstain 12Did not vote 27

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/53/196
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	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
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	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
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	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
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Israel	No
United States	No
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Albania	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
Congo	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	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
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote
Zambia	Did not vote

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TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL--NATURAL RESOURCES

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.