UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2026-04-15

Revised estimates relating to the programme budget for 2026 under section 3, Political affairs, and section 36, Staff assessment

A/RES/80/254 · Adopted 15 April 2026

Approve revised UN budget estimates for political affairs and staff costs.

The UN programme budget allocates resources to its activities. This motion concerns revised estimates under its political-affairs and staff-assessment sections; it is a budget decision. The vote concerns this resolution as a whole. Adopted on 2026-04-15: 97 for, 6 against and 26 abstentions. Your board uses eight selected recorded country votes. The record does not establish a country's motives.

Overall recorded result

For: 97
Against: 6
Abstain: 26

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: Austria, Argentina, Australia
AGAINST: Iran, China, Belarus
ABSTAIN: Pakistan, Indonesia

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/80/254
Country	Recorded vote
Argentina	FOR
Australia	FOR
Austria	FOR
Belarus	AGAINST
China	AGAINST
Indonesia	ABSTAIN
Iran	AGAINST
Pakistan	ABSTAIN

Source and context

UN recorded plenary vote ↗ (external source)

Resolution A/RES/80/254 ↗ (external source)

Official resolution document ↗

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