A/RES/63/3

Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on whether the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo is in accordance with international law : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 63
Date: 2008-10-08
Meeting record: A/63/PV.22
Draft: A/63/L.2
Agenda item(s): Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on whether the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo is in accordance with international law.

Tally

Yes 77No 6Abstain 74Did not vote 35

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/63/3
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Serbia	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Albania	No
Marshall Islands	No
Micronesia (Federated States of)	No
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	No
Palau	No
United States	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Burundi	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
Côte d'Ivoire	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
Ethiopia	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Did not vote

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Topics

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Europe and Balkans · r-eu-1International justice · r-th-just

UN subject headings (verbatim)

KOSOVO--UN. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE OPINION

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.