S/RES/704(1991)

Security Council resolution 704 (1991) [on admission of the Marshall Islands to membership in the United Nations]

Adopted without a vote or by acclamation. The UN dataset lists every member as 'Yes' by convention; these are not recorded votes and are excluded from agreement figures.

Body: Security Council
Date: 1991-08-09
Meeting record: S/PV.3003
Draft: S/22897
Note in source: Adopted without vote
Agenda item(s): Admission of new members.

Tally

Adopted without a vote

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 – S/RES/704(1991)
Country	Position
Austria	Adopted without a vote
Belgium	Adopted without a vote
China · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
Côte d'Ivoire	Adopted without a vote
Cuba	Adopted without a vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Adopted without a vote
Ecuador	Adopted without a vote
France · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
India	Adopted without a vote
Romania	Adopted without a vote
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”) · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
United Kingdom · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
United States · permanent member	Adopted without a vote
Yemen	Adopted without a vote
Zimbabwe	Adopted without a vote

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Topics

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

Membership and appointments · r-th-mem

UN subject headings (verbatim)

UN--MEMBERS

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.