UNIndex

← Vote browser

A/RES/706(VII)

Question of impartial investigation of charges of use by United Nations Forces of bacteriological warfare : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 7
Date
1953-04-23
Committee report
A/2384
Meeting record
A/PV.428
Agenda item(s)
Question of impartial investigation of charges of use by United Nations Forces of bacteriological warfare.

Tally

Yes 51No 5Abstain 4

Roll call

Roll call – A/RES/706(VII)
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
ArgentinaYes
AustraliaYes
BelgiumYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BrazilYes
CanadaYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
CubaYes
DenmarkYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
EthiopiaYes
FranceYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IcelandYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)Yes
IraqYes
IsraelYes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
LuxembourgYes
MexicoYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NorwayYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)Yes
SwedenYes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)Yes
ThailandYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
United KingdomYes
United StatesYes
UruguayYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
YugoslaviaYes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)No
CzechoslovakiaNo
PolandNo
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)No
IndiaAbstain
IndonesiaAbstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)Abstain
Saudi ArabiaAbstain

Download this roll call: CSV · JSON · API, licence and how to cite

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.