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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217






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UNGeneral Assembly
Resolution A/RES/217A
Date10 December 1948
CodeA/RES/3/217A (Document)
SubjectUniversal Declaration of Human Rights

Voting summary

  • 48 voted for
  • None voted against
  • 8 abstained
  • 2 present not voting
  • ResultRatified and Adopted

    United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217A was adopted on December 10, 1948, to ratify the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

    The resolution was adopted by a majority of 48 countries from among the 58 members of the United Nations at that time; however 8 abstained and the Republic of Honduras and the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen did not vote.

    Voting Results[edit]

    The result of the voting was the following:[1]

    For Abstentions
     Afghanistan  Byelorussian SSR
     Argentina  Czechoslovakia
     Australia Poland
     Belgium  Saudi Arabia
     Bolivia  Ukrainian SSR
     Brazil South Africa
    Burma  Soviet Union
     Canada  Yugoslavia
     Chile
    China
     Colombia
     Costa Rica
    Cuba
     Denmark
     Dominican Republic
     Ecuador
     Egypt
     El Salvador
     Ethiopia
     France
     Greece
     Guatemala
     Haiti
     Iceland
     India
     Iran
     Iraq
     Lebanon
     Liberia
     Luxembourg
     Mexico
     Netherlands
     New Zealand
     Nicaragua
     Norway
     Pakistan
     Panama
     Paraguay
     Peru
     Philippines
     Siam
     Sweden
    Syria
     Turkey
     United Kingdom
     United States
     Uruguay
    Venezuela

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "A/RES/217(III)". UNBISNET. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_217&oldid=1075399225"

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