Key Votes

Closest recorded-vote margins and splits among the five permanent Security Council members.

Closest margins P5 splits
Body: All GA SC Margin ≤ 5 10 20 50

67 resolutions adopted by a margin of 20 votes or fewer.

Resolution Title Year Yes No Abstain Margin
A/RES/3238(XXIX) GA Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C… 1974 56 54 24 +2
A/RES/62/249 GA Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia 2008 14 11 105 +3
A/34/500 GA 1979 6 3 0 +3
A/RES/49(I)[B] GA Request of the World Federation of Trade Unions for a closer connexion with the… 1946 25 22 6 +3
A/RES/37/30 GA Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1982 50 46 50 +4
A/1714] GA 1951 22 17 12 +5
A/RES/2025(XX) GA Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen… 1965 56 49 11 +7
A/RES/499(V) GA Place of meeting of the 6th regular session of the General Assembly : resolutio… 1951 24 17 12 +7
A/RES/17(I)[RULE-73] GA Amendments to the provisional rules of procedure [Rule 73] : resolution / adopt… 1946 25 18 0 +7
A/RES/48/78 GA Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1993 53 45 65 +8
A/RES/44/27L GA Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports 1989 53 45 38 +8
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A] GA Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1975 59 51 29 +8
A/RES/1493(XV) GA Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen… 1960 42 34 22 +8
31/127 GA Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1976 34 25 17 +9
VID GA 1958 34 25 17 +9
A/RES/748(VIII) GA Cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter … 1953 26 16 18 +10
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B] GA Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1975 54 43 42 +11
A/RES/2113(XX)[B] GA Credentials of representatives to the 19th and 20th sessions of the General Ass… 1965 53 42 9 +11
A/RES/945(X) GA Communication from the Government of the Netherlands concerning the Netherlands… 1955 21 10 33 +11
40/233 GA Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador 1985 79 67 40 +12
A/RES/65/224 GA Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2010 79 67 40 +12
40/229 GA Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for … 1985 57 45 59 +12
A/RES/51/103 GA Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen… 1996 57 45 59 +12
A/RES/36/50 GA Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1981 54 42 46 +12
A/RES/247(III) GA Proposal for the adoption of Spanish as one of the working languages of the Gen… 1948 32 20 5 +12
A/RES/55/114 GA Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte… 2000 67 54 46 +13
31/125 GA International Year for Disabled Persons 1976 67 54 46 +13
31/125 GA International Year for Disabled Persons 1976 68 54 51 +14
A/RES/58/195 GA Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte… 2003 68 54 51 +14
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977 61 47 51 +14
A/RES/54/177 GA Human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted b… 1999 61 47 51 +14
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B] GA Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1975 56 42 34 +14
A/RES/2642(XXV) GA Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen… 1970 66 52 7 +14
A/RES/904(IX) GA Voting procedure on questions relating to reports and petitions concerning the … 1954 25 11 21 +14
A/RES/520(VI)[A] GA Financing of economic development of under-developed countries : resolution / a… 1952 30 16 11 +14
A/RES/63/191 GA Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte… 2008 69 54 57 +15
A/RES/1351(XIV) GA Question of the representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / ad… 1959 44 29 9 +15
A/RES/497(V) GA Place of meeting of the 6th regular session of the General Assembly : resolutio… 1950 31 16 11 +15
A/RES/184(II) GA Place of meeting of the 3d regular session General Assembly : resolution / adop… 1947 32 17 5 +15
A/RES/2647(XXV) GA Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the… 1970 49 33 10 +16
A/RES/1239(XIII) GA Question of the representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / ad… 1958 44 28 9 +16
A/RES/957(X) GA Procedure for review of United Nations Administrative Tribunal judgments : amen… 1955 33 17 9 +16
A/RES/505(VI) GA Threats to the political independence and territorial integrity of China and to… 1952 25 9 24 +16
A/RES/59/205 GA Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte… 2004 71 54 55 +17
A/RES/2079(XX) GA Question of Tibet : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1965 43 26 22 +17
A/RES/44(I) GA Treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the… 1946 32 15 7 +17
A/RES/35/190 GA Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violatio… 1980 57 39 46 +18
A/RES/57/230 GA Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As… 2002 80 62 33 +18
A/RES/3333(XXIX) GA Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1974 61 43 31 +18
A/RES/2587(XXIV) GA Commission on the Status of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1969 48 30 31 +18
A/RES/2159(XXI) GA Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen… 1966 66 48 7 +18
A/RES/1181(XII) GA Question of defining agression : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1957 42 24 15 +18
A/RES/334(IV) GA Territories to which Chapter XI of the Charter applies : resolution / adopted b… 1949 30 12 10 +18
A/RES/383(V)[A] GA Threats to the political independence and territorial integrity of China and to… 1950 35 17 7 +18
A/RES/74/247 GA Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal … 2019 79 60 33 +19
A/RES/64/156 GA Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2010 80 61 42 +19
A/RES/53/77H GA Regional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1998 63 44 47 +19
A/RES/447(V) GA Comparable statistical information relating to the subjects treated under Artic… 1950 32 13 13 +19
A/RES/255(III) GA Transfer to the United Nations of functions and powers previously exercised by … 1948 30 11 12 +19
A/RES/62/168 GA Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte… 2007 73 53 55 +20
A/RES/2220(XXI) GA Comprehensive review of the whole question of peace-keeping operations in all t… 1966 56 36 25 +20
A/RES/1604(XV) GA Report of the Director of the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in… 1961 37 17 38 +20
A/RES/1135(XII) GA Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen… 1957 47 27 7 +20
A/RES/623(VII) GA Financing of economic development through the establishment of fair and equitab… 1952 35 15 9 +20
A/RES/449(V)[B] GA Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1950 30 10 16 +20
A/RES/194(III) GA Palestine - progress report of the United Nations Mediator : resolution / adopt… 1948 35 15 8 +20
A/RES/181(II)[A] GA Future government of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1948 33 13 10 +20