A/RES/1396(XIV)

Study of the question of capital punishment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 14
Date: 1959-11-20
Committee report: A/4250|A/4250/Corr.1|A/4250/Corr.2
Meeting record: A/PV.841
Agenda item(s): Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 57Abstain 22Did not vote 3

Roll call

'Did not vote' combines members that were absent and members present that did not participate; the source does not distinguish them.

Roll call – A/RES/1396(XIV)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Afghanistan	Abstain
Albania	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Malaysia (as “FEDERATION OF MALAYA”)	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
South Africa (as “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”)	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote

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Sources

Voting data: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Security Council Voting Data (Version 7, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4055387, and General Assembly Voting Data (Version 6, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4060887. Vetoes: UN Peace & Security Data Hub, Security Council Data – Vetoes Since 1946 (DPPA-SCVETOES). © United Nations; used for non-commercial purposes with attribution.