A/RES/77/321

Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 77
Date: 2023-08-01
Meeting record: A/77/PV.95
Draft: A/77/L.82
Agenda item(s): Oceans and the law of the sea.

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Yes 150No 2Did not vote 41

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/77/321
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “COTE D'IVOIRE”)	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tonga	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TÜRKİYE”)	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Russian Federation	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Armenia	Did not vote
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Burkina Faso	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cabo Verde	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Eswatini	Did not vote
Ethiopia	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kazakhstan	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Libya	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
North Macedonia	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Serbia	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
South Sudan	Did not vote
Sudan	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

LAW OF THE SEA

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.