A/RES/2841(XXVI)

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

Body: General Assembly, session 26
Date: 1971-12-18
Committee report: A/8594
Meeting record: A/PV.2025
Draft: Amended by A/L.667
Agenda item(s): Creation of the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Tally

Yes 78No 11Abstain 25Did not vote 18

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/2841(XXVI)
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	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
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Hungary	No
Mongolia	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Bahrain	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Ghana	Did not vote
Guyana	Did not vote
Iceland	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Oman	Did not vote
Paraguay	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.