A/RES/63/41

Decreasing the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 63
Date: 2008-12-02
Committee report: A/63/389
Meeting record: A/63/PV.61
Draft: A/C.1/63/L.5
Agenda item(s): General and complete disarmament. · Nuclear disarmament. · Reducing nuclear danger.

Tally

Yes 141No 3Abstain 34Did not vote 14

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/63/41
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	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
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Uganda	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
France	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
China	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Montenegro	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Serbia	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Monaco	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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Topics

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Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

DISARMAMENT--GENERAL AND COMPLETE
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION

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.