A/RES/2391(XXIII)

Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 23
Date: 1968-11-26
Committee report: A/7342
Meeting record: A/PV.1727
Agenda item(s): Question of the punishment of war criminals and of persons who have committed crimes against humanity.

Tally

Yes 58No 7Abstain 36Did not vote 25

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/2391(XXIII)
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	Yes
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Australia	No
El Salvador	No
Honduras	No
Portugal	No
South Africa	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Yemen	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.