A/RES/56/24[Q]

Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 56
Date: 2001-11-29
Committee report: A/56/536
Meeting record: A/56/PV.68
Draft: A/C.1/56/L.40
Agenda item(s): Transparency in armaments.

Tally

Yes 135Abstain 23Did not vote 31

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/56/24[Q]
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Namibia	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
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tonga	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Algeria	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
China	Abstain
Comoros	Abstain
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Oman	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
Somalia	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

ARMS TRANSFERS--TRANSPARENCY

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.