A/RES/2200(XXI)[C]

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 21
Date: 1966-12-16
Committee report: A/6546
Meeting record: A/PV.1496
Agenda item(s): Draft International Covenants on Human Rights.

Tally

Yes 76No 18Abstain 13Did not vote 15

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/2200(XXI)[C]
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Finland	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives (as “MALDIVE ISLANDS”)	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Algeria	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Guinea	No
Hungary	No
India	No
Mali	No
Mongolia	No
Nepal	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
United Republic of Tanzania	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
France	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Did not vote
Peru	Did not vote
Portugal	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Uganda	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.