A/RES/74/53

Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 74
Date: 2019-12-12
Committee report: A/74/368
Meeting record: A/74/PV.46
Draft: A/C.1/74/L.30
Agenda item(s): Transparency in armaments.

Tally

Yes 157Abstain 23Did not vote 13

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/74/53
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
North Macedonia	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Serbia	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tonga	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Algeria	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Sudan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

ARMS TRANSFERS--TRANSPARENCY

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.