UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2026-07-16

Political Declaration to Renew Commitment and Accelerate the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda

A/RES/80/291 · Adopted 16 July 2026

Renew commitments to implementing the UN agenda for better cities.

The New Urban Agenda is an international framework for urban development. This declaration concerns renewing efforts to implement it and improve how cities and human settlements develop. The vote concerns this resolution as a whole. Adopted on 2026-07-16: 148 for, 2 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: 148
Against: 2
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: Brazil, China, Canada, Belarus, Australia, Austria
AGAINST: Israel, United States
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/80/291
Country	Recorded vote
Australia	FOR
Austria	FOR
Belarus	FOR
Brazil	FOR
Canada	FOR
China	FOR
Israel	AGAINST
United States	AGAINST

Source and context

UN recorded plenary vote ↗ (external source)

Resolution A/RES/80/291 ↗ (external source)

Official resolution document ↗

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