A/RES/60/200

International Year of Deserts and Desertification, 2006 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 60
Date: 2005-12-22
Committee report: A/60/488/Add.7
Meeting record: A/60/PV.68
Draft: A/C.2/60/L.34
Agenda item(s): Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.

Tally

Yes 120No 1Abstain 47Did not vote 23

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/60/200
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	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
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
France	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
India	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Madagascar	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
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Albania	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Serbia and Montenegro	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Italy	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Panama	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Timor-Leste	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

DESERTIFICATION--TREATIES

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.