A/RES/56/179

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

Body: General Assembly, session 56
Date: 2001-12-21
Committee report: A/56/558/Add.1
Meeting record: A/56/PV.90
Draft: A/C.2/56/L.36
Agenda item(s): Trade and development.

Tally

Yes 100No 1Abstain 46Did not vote 42

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/56/179
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	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
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	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
Turkmenistan	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Marshall Islands	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
San Marino	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Chile	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Lithuania	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Pakistan	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	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
Somalia	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	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.