Date December 10 1948 | Result Adopted | |
Code A/RES/217(III) ([{{{document}}} Document]) Subject Universal Declaration of Human Rights Voting summary 48 voted for
None voted against
8 abstained | ||
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217 was adopted on December 10, 1948, to promote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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 Honduras and Yemen didn't vote.
Voting Results
The result of the voting was the following:
References
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA