A/RES/63/240

Towards an arms trade treaty : establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 63
Date: 2008-12-24
Committee report: A/63/389
Meeting record: A/63/PV.74
Draft: A/C.1/63/L.39
Agenda item(s): General and complete disarmament. · Transparency in armaments.

Tally

Yes 133No 1Abstain 19Did not vote 39

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/63/240
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	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
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Serbia	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
United States	No
Bahrain	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
China	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
India	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Andorra	Did not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	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
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote

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Topics

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

ARMS TRANSFERS--TRANSPARENCY
DISARMAMENT--GENERAL AND COMPLETE

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.