A/RES/72/250

Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 72
Date: 2017-12-24
Committee report: A/72/407
Meeting record: A/72/PV.76
Draft: A/C.1/72/L.54
Agenda item(s): Prevention of an arms race in outer space.

Tally

Yes 108No 5Abstain 47Did not vote 33

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/72/250
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Serbia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	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
Zimbabwe	Yes
France	No
Israel	No
Ukraine	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Montenegro	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Belize	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
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Sudan	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Timor-Leste	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Zambia	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

ARMS RACE--OUTER SPACE

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.