United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217

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

UN General 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

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.