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Voting Records Information

United Nations Digital Library - 

Voting records can be found in the United Nations Digital Library. To search for voting data:

On the homepage, go to Narrow by Collection and choose Voting Data.
On the left side of the search screen, choose:
UN Body:  General Assembly
Vote: Vote
Subject: Click Show All to see the full list of topics
Date: Choose years
In the search bar at the top, type in additional keywords or phrases.
Click on the resolution and scroll down to see the voting records.
Going back and changing your search terms may erase all of your previous choices. Check all boxes again, if needed, before searching.

General Assembly Voting Information

There are multiple sources for General Assembly voting information.

  • Voting information first becomes accessible, in unofficial form, in the press release produced immediately after the conclusion of the meeting.
  • Official voting information can be retrieved from the meeting record at which the vote was taken.
  • Beginning with the 54th session in 1999, official voting information can also be found in the sessional cumulations of the resolutions of the General Assembly.

Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly

The UN Library in New York maintains a database with voting records which forms the basis for the voting chart included in the Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly.

Security Council: Voting Information

Analysis of Security Council voting can be found in the Repertory of Practice of UN Organs and the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council. Most Security Council resolutions are adopted by vote.

Official voting information is found in:

  • the meeting record for the meeting at which the vote was taken
  • the annual cumulations of the resolutions

Voting Records

Voting records may be available for the General Assembly or the Security Council.  Many General Assembly Resolutions and Decisions are passed without a vote or without recording the votes of individual members; however, in certain situations, the individual votes of member states are recorded and available.  Individual votes on Security Council Resolutions are typically recorded.  Voting records may be found officially as part of Meeting Records or unofficially as part of Press Releases or as separate compilations.

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