A/RES/73/28

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 73
Date: 2018-12-05
Committee report: A/73/506
Meeting record: A/73/PV.45
Draft: A/C.1/73/L.1
Agenda item(s): Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East.

Tally

Yes 171No 2Abstain 5Did not vote 15

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/73/28
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	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
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	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
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	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
Serbia	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
South Sudan	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
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Israel	No
United States	No
Cameroon	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Chad	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote

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Topics

Assigned automatically by keyword rules, not by the UN. Rule ids are shown for audit.

Middle East · r-me-1Non-proliferation and disarmament · r-th-np

UN subject headings (verbatim)

MIDDLE EAST--NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES

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.