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Roll Call Votes in the United Nations: Resources and Strategies

This research guide provides information on roll call votes in the United Nations, including sources of conflict, country assessments, and topics of General Assembly resolutions. It also offers strategies for accessing and analyzing voting data.

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Roll Call Votes in the United Nations: Resources and Strategies

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  1. Roll Call Votes in the United Nations: Resources and Strategies A RESEARCH GUIDE IN THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

  2. PREPARED BY SUSAN WHITE • FEBRUARY 11, 2011

  3. U. N. General Assembly

  4. G A Membership • 1945- 51 Countries • 2011 – 192 Countries

  5. G A Resolutions • Decided by Simple Majority • One Country – One Vote • Sources of Conflict: • Not by Contribution • Not by Population

  6. GNP Based Country Assessments 2009 • United States – 22.0% • Japan 16.6% • Germany 8.6% • United Kingdom 6.6% • France 6.3% • Italy 5.1% • Canada 3% • Spain 3% • China 2.7% • Mexico 2.3% • All other Countries together –25% • From UN Web

  7. 1. China 1,342 million 19.5% 2 India 1,193,880,000 17.3% 3 U S 312,038,000 4.52% 4 Indonesia 237,556,363 3.44% 5 Brazil 190,732,694 2.76% 6 Pakistan 171,799,000 2.49% 7 Nigeria 158,259,000 2.29% 8 Bangladesh 150,024,000 2.17% 9 Russia 141,927,297 2.06% 10 Japan 127,370,000 1.85% 11 Mexico 112,322,757 1.63% 12 Philippines 94,013,200 1.36% 13 Vietnam 86,930,000 1.26% 14 Germany 81,802,000 1.19% 15 Egypt 79,771,000 1.16% 16 Ethiopia 79,455,634 1.15% 17 Iran 75,078,000 1.09% 18 Turkey 73,722,988 1.07% 19 Dem. Rep. of Congo 0.98% 20 Thailand 67,070,000 0.97% 21 France3 65,821,885 0.95% 22 U K 61,792,000 0.9% 23 Italy 60,545,940 0.88% 24 Myanmar 50,496,000 0.73% Percentage is of World Population Twenty-Four Largest Country Populations - 2011

  8. Topics of General Assembly Resolutions, 1945-1985 • Disarmament, International Security 25 % • Middle East 20 % • Southern Africa – Apartheid, Namibia 17 % • De-Colonization 13 % • Social Matters 10 % • UN Budget 10 % • Political Issues 8 % • Economic Questions 6 % • International Law – Codification 5 % • From: Marin-Bosch, Votes in the UN General Assembly, Boston: Kluwer, 1998 p. 128

  9. G A Resolutions When approved Draft Resolution A/64/L.36 becomes G A Resolution 64/184, A/RES/64/184

  10. G A Resolutions • Approved Without a Vote – More than Half • Recorded Votes – Quarter are Unanimous

  11. U N Security Council

  12. Security Council 15 Members • Five Permanent – Have Veto Power China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States • Ten More Rotate - Two Year Terms

  13. Security Council Resolutions • 1945 to Present • Votes Always Recorded

  14. Sources for Roll Call Votes

  15. Indexes to Proceedings • Voting Charts in Back of Annual Volumes • Country by Resolution Number • General Assembly 1957 – 2009 • Security Council: 1964 - 2009

  16. Yearbook of the United Nations • Annual 1945 – current • 2005 is most recent in 2011 • Princeton holds (UN) JX1977.A37 Y4 • UN provides searchable pdf of all years <http://unyearbook.un.org/>:

  17. Search in Individual Yearbooks • Search by keywords • Resolution • Nuclear • Disarmament • Find 2005 Resolutions • Drill down to find one with recorded votes

  18. Voting Practices in the United Nations – U.S. State Department • Annual • 1983 to date • Lists votes on Key issues for the U.S. • Princeton holds (UN) JX1977.8.V6R46 • State Dept. provides pdf of recent years <http://www.state.gov/p/io/rls/rpt/>

  19. Roll Call Votes as Data • ICPSR: United Nations Roll Call Data, 1946-1985 23 datasets. <http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05512> • Dataverse:  Eric Voeten at Georgetown : UN Roll Call Data, 1946-2008 [url on web page]

  20. UNBISNET – Voting Section • Online Index created by the UN Library • Open Internet at http://unbisnet.un.org/> • All passed resolutions – 1946 to current • General Assembly • Security Council • Identifies Voting Method • Votes for Each Resolution • Full Text of Resolutions

  21. Search by Document Symbol • Resolution 64/184 becomes A/RES/64/184 • Search as A RES 64 184

  22. Voting Method and Full Text Note – “Adopted Without a Vote” Click on Full Text Link

  23. Search By Keyword • Nuclear Disarmament As a phrase

  24. Choose a Recorded Vote Choose No. 3 Title: Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly UN Resolution Symbol: A/RES/64/53 Voting Date: 20091202 Vote Notes: RECORDED Voting Summary: Yes: 111, No: 45, Abstentions: 19, Non-Voting: 17, Total voting membership: 192

  25. Get Detailed Voting Record Click on EITHER Title Or Document Symbol

  26. Get Full Text of Resolution Click on English In Detailed Voting Record Or In Previous Bibliographic Record

  27. Email Detailed Vote Can email votes in delimited format for future analysis

  28. Another Search • Search Keyword Criminal • Sort Vote Date - Ascending • Results: Note– Oldest Votes Totals Only

  29. Full Text Still Available for Oldest • Full Text in PDF Linked • Click on ENGLISH

  30. For Future Study • Tools for Studying Voting on UN Site Constantly Evolving <www.un.org> • Others Being Developed Georgetown Data Site is recent

  31. Explore • Under YOUR UNITED NATIONS, Choose Member States

  32. On RIGHT under MEMBERSHIP • Note Two Items: • Honour Roll: Contribution Received in Full for 2010 • Arrears in the Payment of Contribution • Choose Second, ARREARS, learn being in Arrears affects ability to VOTE.

  33. Please Ask If I can be Helpful with Voting or Other Research on the United Nations Susan White

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