UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2026-03-31

Mandate creation, implementation and review for an efficient and effective United Nations

A/RES/80/251 · Adopted 31 March 2026

Reform how the UN creates, implements and reviews its mandates.

A mandate is an instruction authorizing a UN body to carry out work. This motion concerns how that work is created, put into practice and reviewed to improve the UN’s effectiveness. The vote concerns this resolution as a whole. Adopted on 2026-03-31: 168 for, 4 against and 0 abstentions. Your board uses eight selected recorded country votes. The record does not establish a country's motives.

Overall recorded result

For: 168
Against: 4
Abstain: 0

These are totals for the full recorded vote. The country table below shows only the eight countries in our puzzle dataset. An absent country is not counted as abstaining.

Selected countries at a glance

For the eight countries in our puzzle dataset:

FOR: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Brazil
AGAINST: Nicaragua, Belarus, North Korea
ABSTAIN: none of the selected countries

Eight recorded country votes

These eight countries are the selected Eight Votes challenge, not the complete UN voting roster. The vote alone does not establish a government’s motive or its position on the broader subject.

Selected country votes on A/RES/80/251
Country	Recorded vote
Argentina	FOR
Australia	FOR
Austria	FOR
Belarus	AGAINST
Brazil	FOR
Canada	FOR
Nicaragua	AGAINST
North Korea	AGAINST

Source and context

UN recorded plenary vote ↗ (external source)

Resolution A/RES/80/251 ↗ (external source)

Official resolution document ↗

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