United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217

UN General Assembly
Resolution A/RES/217
Date December 10 1948
Code A/RES/217(III) ([{{{document}}} Document])
Subject Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Voting summary
48 voted for
None voted against
8 abstained
Result Adopted

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217 was adopted on December 10, 1948, to promote 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 Honduras and Yemen didn't vote.

Voting Results

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

For Abstentions
 Afghanistan  Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
 Argentina  Czechoslovakia
 Australia  Poland
 Belgium  Saudi Arabia
 Bolivia  Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
 Brazil Union of South Africa
 Burma  USSR
 Canada  Yugoslavia
 Chile
Republic of 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

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