Votes on proposed UN Security Council Resolutions

November 21st, 2008
  • I have found the texts of United Nations Security Council resolutions at www.un.org. The votes on each elude me, though. I would like a comprehensive list of votes of each country on every proposed Security Council resolution, if you can find such a list. Those that were not adopted are of particular interest to me. I would be grateful if you could find the same for General Assembly resolutions, but that is of secondary importance. Thanks


  • Dear Blossom, I believe the information you are seeking can be found at the U.S. Department of State, Annual Reports to Congress -- Voting Practices in the United Nations, http://www.state.gov/www/issues/io_ann_reports.html. The information is available for 1997, 98 and 1999 - once you select a year, scroll down to "Country Listings" and you will find the voting record, by member, by resolution. For example: http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99countries_a-e.pdf There is information contained in the above reports for both the General Assembly and the Security Council. Although the SC votes tend to be pretty one way, there is a summary at the end of the report which shows nays and abstentions, and which resolutions those were made for. http://www.state.gov/www/issues/voting_pracs_99/99unsc.pdf (see, e.g. page 131). Search Terms Used: ://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=united+nations+security+council+votes ://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=united+nations+security+council+votes I hope this is exactly what you were looking for. One would have hoped for a nice, tight, concise little table that ran through the resolutions one-by-one, but no such luck! Perhaps you could forumulate one and post it up!! Best of luck. PLEASE let me know if you would like any clarification or additional assistance. Thanks for using Google Answers!!! Tom


  • Hello Weisstho, Thank you for your help. Perhaps the resource I am looking for doesn't exist on the internet. However, after I posted the question I was able to find something closer to what I wanted. I searched google for site:www.un.org voting record This returned http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scvote.htm which led me to http://unbisnet.un.org/webpac-bin/wgbroker?new+-access+top.vote The database appears to have everything I'm looking for (that is, all the votes on proposed Security Council resolutions in the UN's history), but the interface makes it extremely difficult to tabulate a list. For one thing, the search is feeble and slow. Can you find me something better? Thanks. Blossom


  • I'm hard at work! Tell me, Blossom, do you have easy access to a university or other major library? If so, I will have a few non-net suggestions, though I am still looking through the back reaches of the internet for you. Still at it, (it's GOT to be there) Tom


  • Hello Tom, To answer your question, yes, I do have access to major libraries. Good luck on your continuing search! ;-) Blossom


  • Blossom, I GIVE UP!! However, these two sets have good information, though not what you're looking for: To find the results of voting in the General Assembly or Security Council on a particular topic select a Keyword index and type words describing the topic in the input area. A sessional designation may be added to limit results to a particular session http://unbisnet.un.org/webpac-bin/wgbroker?new+-access+top.vote xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx University of California at Santa Barbara has a nice site: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/guides/un.html Which when you select “Security Council (Documents)” shows Security Council Resolution Votes from 1974 - 2000 http://www.un.org/Docs/sc.htm The UN Documentation Center has a really nice index: http://www.un.org/documents/index.html which when you select “Security Council – Resolutions, takes you to: http://www.un.org/documents/scres.htm then you select a year, for example when you select “2000” you get the following document which shows each resolution: http://www.un.org/Docs/scres/2000/sc2000.htm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I believe that I have given this an honest shot. The good news is that, between the UCSB information and the information from the State Department (see my main answer), I think that you can piece together the summary of votes that you are looking for. If this is an academic project, the other good news is that a little bit of work will give you a standout paper!! Best of luck, Blossom. Tom


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