United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217 (III)
United Nations resolution ratified and adopted in 1948
48 voted forUnited 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
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
- ^ "A/RES/217(III)". UNBISNET. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
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