A/RES/640(VII)

Convention on the Political Rights of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 7
Date: 1952-12-20
Committee report: A/2334
Meeting record: A/PV.409
Draft: A/L.140|A/L.138
Agenda item(s): Draft Convention on the Political Rights of Women.

Tally

Yes 46Abstain 11Did not vote 3

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/640(VII)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
France	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Afghanistan	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Luxembourg	Did not vote
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Did not vote

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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.