A/RES/56/12

Oceans and the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 56
Date: 2001-11-28
Meeting record: A/56/PV.67
Draft: A/56/L.17|A/56/L.17/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Oceans and the law of the sea.

Tally

Yes 121No 1Abstain 4Did not vote 63

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/56/12
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	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
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tonga	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
Colombia	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Belarus	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Burkina Faso	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
Congo	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Ethiopia	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Indonesia	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Latvia	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Namibia	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Paraguay	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
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Sudan	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

LAW OF THE SEA

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.