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United States Department of State Voting Practices in the United Nations 1992 Report to Congress Submitted Pursuant to Public Law, 101-167 March 31, 1993 DepartmentofState Publication 10045 Bureau ofInternational OrganizationAffairs ReleasedMarch 1993 United States Department of State Voting Practices in the United Nations 1992 Report to Congress Submitted Pursuant to Public Law, 101-167 March 31, 1993 . THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON March 2, 1993 Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to Public Law 101-167, I am transmitting herewith the annual report for 1992 on voting practices at the United Nations. This report assesses the voting practices of the governments of UN member states in the General Assembly and Security Council for 1992, and evaluates the actions and responsiveness of those governments to United States policy on issues of special importance to the United States Two copies of this report are being sent to each U.S. diplomatic mission abroad with instructions that one copy be provided to the government and the other retained for use of the mission. Sincerely, Warren Christopher The Honorable Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON March 2, 1993 Dear Mr. President: Pursuant to Public Law 101-167, I am transmitting herewith the annual report for 1992 on voting practices at the United Nations. This report assesses the voting practices of the governments of UN member states in the General Assembly and Security Council for 1992, and evaluates the actions and responsiveness of those governments to United States policy on issues of special importance to the United States. Two copies of this report are being sent to each U.S. diplomatic mission abroad with instructions that one copy be provided to the government and the other retained for use of the mission. Sincerely, Warren Christopher The Honorable Al Gore, President of the Senate. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I: 1 OVERVIEW 1 GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2 SECURITYCOUNCIL 6 FORMATAND METHODOLOGY 7 GENERAL ASSEMBLY-OVERALLVOTES II: 9 COMPARISONWITH VOTE U.S. 9 All Countries (Alphabetical) 10 All Countries (ByVotingCoincidencePercentage) 15 UNREGIONAL GROUPS 21 AfricanGroup 21 AsianGroup 23 Latin American and CaribbeanGroup 24 WesternEuropean and OthersGroup (WEOG) 25 Eastern EuropeanGroup 26 OTHERGROUPINGS 28 Arab Group 28 Association ofSoutheast AsianNations (ASEAN) 29 European Community (EC-12) 29 Islamic Conference 30 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) 31 Nordic Group 35 North Atlantic TreatyOrganization (NATO) 35 HISTORICAL COMPARISON 36 III. GENERAL ASSEMBLY--IMPORTANTVOTES 43 LISTING AND DESCRIPTION 43 COMPARISONWITHU.S. VOTES 50 All Countries (Alphabetical) 50 All Countries (Ranked by Identical Votes) 55 UN REGIONAL GROUPS 61 AfricanGroup 61 AsianGroup 63 Latin American and CaribbeanGroup 64 WesternEuropean and OthersGroup (WEOG) 65 Eastern EuropeanGroup 66 OTHERGROUPINGS 67 Arab Group 67 Association ofSoutheastAsianNations (ASEAN) 68 European Community (EC-12) 69 Islamic Conference 70 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) 71 Nordic Group 75 North AtlanticTreatyOrganization (NATO) 75 COMPARISONOFIMPORTANTANDOVERALLVOTES 76 IV: GENERAL ASSEMBLY -CONSENSUS ACTIONS 83 IMPORTANTCONSENSUS RESOLUTIONS 84 COINCIDENCE PERCENTAGESWITHCONSENSUS 89 Rankedby Adjusted Coincidence 95 ... V: SECURITY COUNCIL 101 RESOLUTIONS 105 ADMISSION OFNEWMEMBERS 105 ANGOLA 105 CAMBODIA 107 CENTRAL AMERICA 109 CYPRUS 110 IRAQ Ill LIBERIA 113 LIBYA 113 MIDDLE EAST 114 MOZAMBIQUE 116 SOMALIA 117 SOUTH AFRICA 119 YUGOSLAVIA 120 VOTING SUMMARIES 128 VI: COUNTRY LISTINGS 131 AFGHANISTAN 132 ALBANIA 133 ALGERIA 134 ANGOLA 135 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 136 ARGENTINA 137 ARMENIA 138 AUSTRALIA 139 AUSTRIA 140 , AZERBAIJAN 141 BAHAMAS 142 ii BAHRAIN 143 BANGLADESH 144 BARBADOS 145 BELARUS 146 BELGIUM 147 BELIZE 148 BENIN 149 BHUTAN 150 BOLIVIA 151 BOSNIAAND HERZEGOVINA 152 BOTSWANA 153 BRAZIL 154 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 155 BULGARIA 156 BURKINA FASO 157 BURUNDI 158 CAMBODIA 159 CAMEROON 160 CANADA 161 CAPEVERDE 162 CENTRAL AFRICANREPUBLIC 163 CHAD 164 CHILE 165 , CHINA 166 COLOMBIA 167 COMOROS 168 CONGO 169 COSTARICA 170 COTE DTVOIRE 171 CROATIA 172 CUBA 173 CYPRUS 174 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 175 DENMARK 176 DJIBOUTI 177 DOMINICA 178 DOMINICANREPUBLIC 179 ECUADOR 180 EGYPT 181 EL SALVADOR 182 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 183 ESTONIA 184 ETHIOPIA 185 FIJI... 186 FINLAND 187 FRANCE 188 GABON 189 GAMBIA. 190 GEORGIA 191 GERMANY 192 GHANA 193 GREECE 194 GRENADA 195 GUATEMALA 196 GUINEA 197 GUINEA-BISSAU 198 GUYANA 199 HAITI... 200 HONDURAS 201 HUNGARY 202 ICELAND 203 INDIA 204 INDONESIA 205 IRAN 206 IRAQ 207 IRELAND 208 ISRAEL 209 ITALY 210 JAMAICA 211 JAPAN 212 JORDAN 213 KAZAKHSTAN 214 KENYA 215 KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 216 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 217 KUWAIT 218 KYRGYZSTAN 219 LAOS 220 LATVIA 221 LEBANON 222 LESOTHO 223 LIBERIA 224 .• LIBYA 225 LIECHTENSTEIN 226