UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2026-09-04

International Decade of Culture for Sustainable Development (2027-2036)

A/RES/80/308 · Adopted 4 September 2026

Establish a decade connecting culture with sustainable development worldwide.

The proposed International Decade runs from 2027 to 2036. It places culture within efforts to improve people’s lives while protecting the conditions future generations depend on. The vote concerns this resolution as a whole. Adopted on 2026-09-04: 174 for, 1 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: 174
Against: 1
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: Canada, Brazil, Austria, China, Cuba, Australia, Belarus
AGAINST: 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/80/308
Country	Recorded vote
Australia	FOR
Austria	FOR
Belarus	FOR
Brazil	FOR
Canada	FOR
China	FOR
Cuba	FOR
United States	AGAINST

Source and context

UN recorded plenary vote ↗ (external source)

Resolution A/RES/80/308 ↗ (external source)

Official resolution document ↗

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