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}}} 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

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