UNGA Moratorium Resolution Table
Y (Yes Vote) - A (Abstention) - N (Vote against) - Abstention
* this table takes into account some countries voted by mistake and after the vote, declared their official vote was supposed to be different. The table reflects the official vote
Countries | Region | UNGA Vote 2007 Resolution n 62/150 | UNGA Vote 2008 Resolution n 63/169 | UNGA Vote 2010 Resolution 65/207 | UNGA Vote 2012 Resolution 67/177 | UNGA Vote 2014 Resolution 69/187 | UNGA Vote 2016 Resolution 71/188 | UNGA Vote 2018 Resolution 73/176 | Verbale Note UN 2008 | Verbale Note UN 2009 | Verbale Note UN 2011 | Verbale Note UN 2013 | Verbale Note UN 2015 | Verbale Note UN 2017 | Verbale note UN 2019 | |
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AFGANISTAN | South Asia | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | ||||
ALBANIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ALGERIA | North Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ANDORRA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ANGOLA | Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ANTIGUA BARBUDA | Caribbean | N | N | N | Absent | N | N | A | X | X | X | X | X | |||
ARGENTINA | South America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ARMENIA | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
AUSTRALIA | Oceania | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
AUSTRIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
AZERIBAJAN | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
BAHAMAS | Caribbean | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | |||||
BAHRAIN | Middle East | N | A | A | N | A | A | N | X | X | X | X | X | |||
BANGLADESH | South Asia | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
BARBADOS | Caribbean | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | |||
BELARUS | Europe | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
BELGIUM | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
BELIZE | Central America | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||||
BENIN | Africa | Y | Y | Absent | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
BHUTAN | Asia | A | A | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
BOLIVIA | South America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
BOTSWANA | Sub-Saharan Africa | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
BRAZIL | South America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
BRUNEI DAR-SALA | South East Asia | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
BULGARIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
BURKINA FASO | Sub-Saharan Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
BURUNDI | Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Absent | ||||||||
CAMBODIA | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
CAMEROON | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
CANADA | America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
CAPE VERDE | Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | Y | Y | Y | Y | X | X | X | |||||
CHAD | Africa | N | Absent | Absent | Y | Y | Y | Y | X | X | X | X | X | |||
CHILE | South America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
CHINA | Eastern Asia | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
COLOMBIA | South America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
COMOROS | Sub-Saharan Africa | N | N | A | A | A | A | A | X | X | ||||||
CONGO | Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | A | ||||||||
COSTA RICA | Caribbean | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
COTE D'IVOIRE | Africa | Y | Y | Absent | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
CROATIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
CUBA | Caribbean | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
CYPRUS | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
CZECH REPUBLIC | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
DEM RP KOREA | Eastern Asia | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
DEM RP CONGO | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | Absent | A | A | A | Absent | A | X | |||||||
DENMARK | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
DJIBOUTI | Africa | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Caribbean | N | N | A | N | N | N | Y | X | X | X | |||||
DOMINICA | Caribbean | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ECUADOR | South America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
EGYPT | North Africa | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
EL SALVADOR | Central America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
EQUATORIAL GUINEA | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | Absent | Absent | Absent | Y | A | Y | X | X | X | X | ||||
ERITREA | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | A | Y | Y | Y | X | X | X | X | ||||
ESTONIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ETHIOPIA | Sub-Saharan Africa | N | N* (Ethiopia's representative said he wrongly voted on resolution. He had wished to vote against (not in favour).) | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
FIJI | Oceania | A | A | A | A | A | Y | Y | X | X | ||||||
FINLAND | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
FRANCE | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
GABON | Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
GAMBIA | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A* (After the vote, Gambia's representative said she wrongly voted on resolution. She had wished to abstain) | Absent | A | Absent | Y | X | |||||||
GEORGIA | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
GERMANY | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
GHANA | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | Absent | A | A | A | ||||||||
GREECE | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
GRENADA | Caribbean | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
GUATEMALA | Central America | Y | A | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
GUINEA | Africa | A | A | A | A | A | Y | A | X | X | X | |||||
GUINEA-BISSAU | Africa | Absent | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
GUYANA | South America | N | N | N | N | N | N | A | X | X | X | X | X | |||
HAITI | Caribbean | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
HONDURAS | Caribbean | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
HUNGARY | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ICELAND | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
INDIA | South Asia | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | |||||||
INDONESIA | South East Asia | N | N | N | A | A | A | A | X | X | X | |||||
IRAN | Middle East | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
IRAQ | Middle East | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
IRELAND | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ISRAEL | Middle East | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ITALY | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
JAMAICA | Caribbean | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
JAPAN | Eastern Asia | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | |||||||
JORDAN | Middle East | N | A | A | A | A | A | A | X | |||||||
KAZAKHSTAN | Central Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
KENYA | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
KIRIBATI | Oceania | Y | Absent | Y | Absent | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
KUWAIT | Middle East | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
KYRGYZSTAN | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
LAOS | South East Asia | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | X | X | X | X | ||||
LATVIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
LEBANON | Middle East | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
LESOTHO | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | A | Absent | A | A | ||||||||
LIBERIA | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
LIBYA | North Africa | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
LIECHTENSTEIN | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
LITHUANIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
LUXEMBOURG | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MACEDONIA | Balcanes | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MADAGASCAR | Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MALAWI | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | A | A | Y | Y | ||||||||
MALAYSIA | South East Asia | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
MALDIVES | South Asia | N | N | Y | A | A | N | N | X | X | X | |||||
MALI | Sub-Saharan Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MALTA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MARSHALL ISLANDS | Oceania | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MAURITANIA | North Africa | N | A | A | A | A | A | A | X | X | ||||||
MAURITIUS | Africa | Y | Y | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Y | ||||||||
MEXICO | America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MICRONESIA | Oceania | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MONACO | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MONGOLIA | Asia | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | X | X | ||||||
MONTENEGRO | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MOROCCO | North Africa | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
MOZAMBIQUE | Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
MYANMAR | South East Asia | N | N | N | N | A | A | A | X | X | X | X | ||||
NAMIBIA | Africa | Y | Y | Y | A | A | Y | Y | ||||||||
NAURU | Oceania | Y | Y | Y | Y | Absent | Y | N | ||||||||
NEPAL | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
NETHERLANDS | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
NEW ZEALAND | Oceania | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
NICARAGUA | Caribbean | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
NIGER | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | A | Y | A | Y | X | X | ||||||
NIGERIA | Sub-Saharan Africa | N | N | A | A | A | A | A | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
NORWAY | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
OMAN | Middle East | N | A | A | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
PAKISTAN | South Asia | N | N | N | N | N | N | N* (Pakistan's representative said he wrongly voted on resolution. He had wished to vote against (not in favour).) | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
PALAU | Oceania | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
PANAMA | Caribbean | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Oceania | N | A | N | A | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
PARAGUAY | South America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
PERU | South America | Absent | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
PHILIPPINES | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | A | A | ||||||||
POLAND | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
PORTUGAL | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
QATAR | Middle East | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
REPUBLIC OF KOREA | Eastern Asia | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
REP OF MOLDOVA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
ROMANIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
RWANDA | Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Absent | Y | ||||||||
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | Caribbean | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
SAINT LUCIA | Caribbean | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
SAINT VINCENT | Caribbean | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
SAMOA | Oceania | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SAN MARINO | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | Africa | Y | Y | Y | Absent | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SAUDI ARABIA | Middle East | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
SENEGAL | Africa | Absent | A | A | A | A | Absent | Absent | ||||||||
SERBIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SEYCHELLES | Africa | Absent | Absent | Absent | Y | Y | A | Absent | ||||||||
SIERRA LEONE | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | Y | Y | Y | Absent | X | |||||||
SINGAPORE | South East Asia | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
SLOVAKIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SLOVENIA | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SOLOMON ISLANDS | Oceania | N | N | A | A | A | Y | Y | X | X | X | X | ||||
SOMALIA | Sub-Saharan Africa | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | X | X | X | X | ||||
SOUTH AFRICA | Africa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SOUTH SUDAN | Sub-Saharan Africa | / | / | / | Y | Y | N | A | ||||||||
SPAIN | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SRI LANKA | South Asia | Y | Y | Y | A | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SUDAN | Sub-Saharan Africa | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
SURINAME | South America | N | A | A | A | Y | Y | Y | X | |||||||
SWAZILAND/ESWATINI | Africa | A | N | N | N | Absent | Y | Absent | X | X | X | X | ||||
SWEDEN | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SWITZERLAND | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
SYRIA | Middle East | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
TAJIKISTAN | Central Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
THAILAND | South East Asia | N | N | A | A | A | A | A | X | X | ||||||
TIMOR-LESTE | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
TOGO | Africa | A | A | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
TONGA | Oceania | N | N | N | N | A | A | A | X | X | X | X | ||||
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | Caribbean | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | |||
TUNISIA | North Africa | Absent | Absent | Absent | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
TURKEY | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
TURKMENISTAN | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
TUVALU | Oceania | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
UGANDA | Sub-Saharan Africa | N | N | N | N | A | A | A | X | X | X | X | ||||
UKRAINE | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Middle East | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
UNITED KINGDOM | Europe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
UNITED REP OF TANZANIA | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
UNITED STATES | America | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||||
URUGUAY | South America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
UZBEKISTAN | Asia | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
VANUATU | Oceania | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
VENEZUELA | South America | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
VIETNAM | South East Asia | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
YEMEN | Middle East | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
ZAMBIA | Sub-Saharan Africa | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
ZIMBABWE | Sub-Saharan Africa | N | N | N | N | N | A | N | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |