UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2026-08-31
International Day of Greening the Planet
A/RES/80/300 · Adopted 31 August 2026
Establish an international day to encourage greening the planet.
An international day draws attention to a topic and encourages action. This motion concerns a day dedicated to greening the planet; it does not itself plant trees or fund projects. The vote concerns this resolution as a whole. Adopted on 2026-08-31: 140 for, 1 against and 3 abstentions. Your board uses eight selected recorded country votes. The record does not establish a country's motives.
Overall recorded result
- For
- 140
- Against
- 1
- Abstain
- 3
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, Cuba, Austria, Australia, China, Belarus
- AGAINST: United States
- ABSTAIN: Canada
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.
| Country | Recorded vote |
|---|---|
| Australia | FOR |
| Austria | FOR |
| Belarus | FOR |
| Brazil | FOR |
| Canada | ABSTAIN |
| China | FOR |
| Cuba | FOR |
| United States | AGAINST |
Source and context
UN recorded plenary vote ↗ (external source)
Resolution A/RES/80/300 ↗ (external source)
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