United Nations General Assembly Resolution 73/194

The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 73/194 was adopted on December 17, 2018 by the Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly in response to the Russian activities in Crimea as well as the Kerch Strait incident. The non-binding resolution, which was supported by 66 United Nations member states, affirmed the General Assembly's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and condemns the Kerch Strait incident. Nineteen nations voted against the resolution, while 72 abstained, and a further 36 states were absent when the vote took place.^[1]

UN General Assembly Resolution 73/194
In favour    Against    Abstained    Absent    Non-UN member
Date	17 December 2018
Meeting no.	56th Plenary
Code	A/RES/73/194 (Document)
Subject	Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
Voting summary	66 voted for 19 voted against 72 abstained 36 absent
Result	Resolution adopted

Voting

In favour (64)	Abstaining (83)	Against (15)	Absent (31)
Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Belgium Belize Botswana Bulgaria Canada Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Guatemala Greece Guyana Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kiribati Latvia Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Maldives Malta Marshall Islands Micronesia Monaco Moldova Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Romania Samoa San Marino Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Spain Sweden  Switzerland Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine United Kingdom United States Vanuatu	Algeria Angola Argentina Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Benin Bhutan Brazil Brunei Burkina Faso Cameroon Chile China Colombia Comoros Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Iraq Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Malawi Malaysia Mali Mexico Mongolia Mozambique Namibia Nauru   Nepal Nigeria Oman Pakistan Paraguay Palau Peru Philippines Qatar Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Senegal Seychelles South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago United Arab Emirates Uruguay Vietnam Yemen	Armenia Belarus Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Cuba Iran Laos Myanmar Nicaragua North Korea Russia Serbia South Sudan Sudan Syria Uzbekistan Venezuela Zimbabwe	Afghanistan Azerbaijan Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Burkina Faso Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Gabon Gambia Ghana Grenada Guinea-Bissau Haiti Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Niger Republic of the Congo Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Somalia Suriname Tajikistan Timor-Leste Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Zambia
Observer States: Holy See and State of Palestine

Draft Amendment

Before action on the initial draft, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic proposed an amendment calling upon both parties to cooperate on resolving the crisis.^[2] The Amendment failed with only 25 votes in favor.^[3]

In Favor (25)	Abstaining (60)	Against (64)	Absent (42)
Belarus Bolivia Burundi Cambodia China Cuba Eritrea Indonesia Iran Kazakhstan Laos Myanmar Nauru Nicaragua Nigeria North Korea Russia Singapore Serbia South Sudan Sudan Suriname Syria Venezuela Zimbabwe	Algeria Angola Argentina Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Benin Bhutan Brazil Brunei Burkina Faso Cameroon Chile Colombia Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Guinea India Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Liberia Malawi Malaysia Mali Mexico Mongolia Mozambique Namibia   Nepal Oman Pakistan Paraguay Palau Peru Philippines Qatar Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Senegal Seychelles South Africa Sri Lanka Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago United Arab Emirates Uruguay Yemen	Albania Andorra Australia Austria Belgium Belize Botswana Bulgaria Canada Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Guatemala Greece Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Maldives Malta Marshall Islands Micronesia Monaco Moldova Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Romania Samoa San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Spain Sweden  Switzerland Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine United Kingdom United States Vanuatu	Afghanistan Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Azerbaijan Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Burkina Faso Cabo Verde Comoros Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Fiji Gabon Gambia Ghana Grenada Guinea-Bissau Haiti Iraq Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Niger Republic of the Congo Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Somalia Tajikistan Timor-Leste Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Zambia
Observer States: Holy See and State of Palestine