A/RES/2595(XXIV)

Creation of the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 24
Date: 1969-12-16
Committee report: A/7889
Meeting record: A/PV.1835
Agenda item(s): Creation of the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Tally

Yes 73No 23Abstain 20Did not vote 10

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/2595(XXIV)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	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
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	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
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Algeria	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Democratic Yemen (as “SOUTHERN YEMEN”)	No
Egypt (as “UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC”)	No
Hungary	No
Iraq	No
Jordan	No
Kuwait	No
Lebanon	No
Libya	No
Mongolia	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic (as “SYRIA”)	No
Togo	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Yemen	No
Botswana	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Congo (as “CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)”)	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Malta	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	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.