A/RES/56/20

Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 56
Date: 2001-11-29
Committee report: A/56/531
Meeting record: A/56/PV.68
Draft: A/C.1/56/L.13
Agenda item(s): Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament.

Tally

Yes 92No 46Abstain 17Did not vote 34

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/56/20
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Albania	No
Andorra	No
Australia	No
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	No
Bulgaria	No
Canada	No
Croatia	No
Cyprus	No
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	No
Denmark	No
Estonia	No
Finland	No
France	No
Germany	No
Greece	No
Hungary	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Latvia	No
Liechtenstein	No
Lithuania	No
Luxembourg	No
Malta	No
Micronesia (Federated States of)	No
Monaco	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	No
Norway	No
Poland	No
Portugal	No
Republic of Moldova	No
Romania	No
San Marino	No
Slovakia	No
Slovenia	No
Spain	No
Sweden	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Yugoslavia	No
Argentina	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Tonga	Abstain
Turkmenistan	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Angola	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Niger	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
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	Did not vote

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Topics

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY--INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

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.