A/RES/804(VIII)

Question of atrocities committed by the North Korean and Chinese Communist forces against United Nations prisoners of war in Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 8
Date: 1953-12-03
Meeting record: A/PV.467
Draft: A/L.169
Agenda item(s): Question of atrocities committed by the North Korean and Chinese Communist forces against United Nations prisoners of war in Korea.

Tally

Yes 42No 5Abstain 10Did not vote 3

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'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/804(VIII)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
France	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Israel	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Poland	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
El Salvador	Did not vote
India	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote

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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.