U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 1994 VOTING PRACTICES IN THE UNITED NATIONS BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS
Voting Practices in the United Nations, 1994
Report to Congress
Submitted Pursuant to Public Law, 101-167
March 31, 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I - INTRODUCTION
1
OVERVIEW 1
GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2
SECURITY COUNCIL 5
FORMAT AND METHODOLOGY 6
II - GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- OVERALL VOTES
COMPARISON WITH U.S. VOTE 9
All Countries (Alphabetical) 10
All Countries (By Voting Coincidence Percentage) 15
UN REGIONAL GROUPS 19
African Group 20
Asian Group 21
Latin American and Caribbean Group 23
Western European and Others Group 24
Eastern European Group 25
OTHER GROUPINGS 25
Arab Group 26
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 26
European Union 27
Islamic Conference 27
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) 29
Nordic Group 32
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 32
HISTORICAL COMPARISON 33
III: GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- IMPORTANT VOTES
LISTING AND DESCRIPTION 39
COMPARISON WITH U.S. VOTES 46
All Countries (Alphabetical) 47
All Countries (Ranked by Identical Votes) 52
UN REGIONAL GROUPS 56
African Group 57
Asian Group 58
Latin American and Caribbean Group 60
Western European and Others Group (WEOG) 61
Eastern European Group 61
OTHER GROUPINGS 62
Arab Group 62
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 63
European Union (EU) 63
Islamic Conference 64
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) 66
Nordic Group 69
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 69
COMPARISON OF IMPORTANT AND OVERALL VOTES 70
IV - GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- CONSENSUS ACTIONS
Resolutions and Decisions 75
IMPORTANT CONSENSUS RESOLUTIONS 76
COINCIDENCE PERCENTAGES 87
Important Votes and Adjusted Consensus 88
Ranked by Adjusted Coincidence 93
RESOLUTIONS 107
ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBER 107
ANGOLA 107
CYPRUS 112
EL SALVADOR 114
GEORGIA 116
HAITI 119
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ELECTION 125
IRAQ 126
LIBERIA 127
LIBYA 129
MIDDLE EAST 130
MOZAMBIQUE 131
PALAU 134
RWANDA 134
SOMALIA 141
SOUTH AFRICA 145
TAJIKISTAN 147
WESTERN SAHARA 147
YEMEN 148
YUGOSLAVIA 150
VOTING SUMMARIES 159
VI - COUNTRY LISTINGS
Afghanistan-Denmark
Djibouti-Libya
Liechtenstein-San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe -Zimbabwe
AFGHANISTAN 162
ALBANIA 163
ALGERIA 164
ANDORRA 165
ANGOLA 166
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 167
ARGENTINA 168
ARMENIA 169
AUSTRALIA 170
AUSTRIA 171
AZERBAIJAN 172
BAHAMAS 173
BAHRAIN 174
BANGLADESH 175
BARBADOS 176
BELARUS 177
BELGIUM 178
BELIZE 179
BENIN 180
BHUTAN 181
BOLIVIA 182
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 183
BOTSWANA 184
BRAZIL 185
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 186
BULGARIA 187
BURKINA FASO 188
BURUNDI 189
CAMBODIA 190
CAMEROON 191
CANADA 192
CAPE VERDE 193
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 194
CHAD 195
CHILE 196
CHINA 197
COLOMBIA 198
COMOROS 199
CONGO 200
COSTA RICA 201
COTE D'IVOIRE 202
CROATIA 203
CUBA 204
CYPRUS 205
CZECH REPUBLIC 206
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 207
DENMARK 208
DJIBOUTI 209
DOMINICA 210
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 211
ECUADOR 212
EGYPT 213
EL SALVADOR 214
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 215
ERITREA 216
ESTONIA 217
ETHIOPIA 218
FIJI 219
FINLAND 220
FRANCE 221
GABON 222
GAMBIA 223
GEORGIA 224
GERMANY 225
GHANA 226
GREECE 227
GRENADA 228
GUATEMALA 229
GUINEA 230
GUINEA-BISSAU 231
GUYANA 232
HAITI 233
HONDURAS 234
HUNGARY 235
ICELAND 236
INDIA 237
INDONESIA 238
IRAN 239
IRAQ 240
IRELAND 241
ISRAEL 242
ITALY 243
JAMAICA 244
JAPAN 245
JORDAN 246
KAZAKHSTAN 247
KENYA 248
KUWAIT 249
KYRGYZSTAN 250
LAOS 251
LATVIA 252
LEBANON 253
LESOTHO 254
LIBERIA 255
LIBYA 256
LIECHTENSTEIN 257
LITHUANIA 258
LUXEMBOURG 259
MADAGASCAR 260
MALAWI 261
MALAYSIA 262
MALDIVES 263
MALI 264
MALTA 265
MARSHALL ISLANDS 266
MAURITANIA 267
MAURITIUS 268
MEXICO 269
MICRONESIA 270
MOLDOVA 271
MONACO 272
MONGOLIA 273
MOROCCO 274
MOZAMBIQUE 275
MYANMAR (BURMA) 276
NAMIBIA 277
NEPAL 278
NETHERLANDS 279
NEW ZEALAND 280
NICARAGUA 281
NIGER 282
NIGERIA 283
NORWAY 284
OMAN 285
PAKISTAN 286
PALAU 287
PANAMA 288
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 289
PARAGUAY 290
PERU 291
PHILIPPINES 292
POLAND 293
PORTUGAL 294
QATAR 295
REPUBLIC OF KOREA 296
ROMANIA 297
RUSSIA 298
RWANDA 299
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 300
ST. LUCIA 301
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 302
(WESTERN) SAMOA 303
SAN MARINO 304
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 305
SAUDI ARABIA 306
SENEGAL 307
SEYCHELLES 308
SIERRA LEONE 309
SINGAPORE 310
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 311
SLOVENIA 312
SOLOMON ISLANDS 313
SOMALIA 314
SOUTH AFRICA 315
SPAIN 316
SRI LANKA 317
SUDAN 318
SURINAME 319
SWAZILAND 320
SWEDEN 321
SYRIA 322
TAJIKISTAN 323
THAILAND 324
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 325
TOGO 326
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 327
TUNISIA 328
TURKEY 329
TURKMENISTAN 330
UGANDA 331
UKRAINE 332
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 333
UNITED KINGDOM 334
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 335
URUGUAY 336
UZBEKISTAN 337
VANUATU 338
VENEZUELA 339
VIETNAM 340
YEMEN 341
YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) 342
ZAIRE 343
ZAMBIA 344
ZIMBABWE 345
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