A/RES/2857(XXVI)

Capital punishment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 26
Date: 1971-12-20
Committee report: A/8588
Meeting record: A/PV.2027
Agenda item(s): Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 59No 1Abstain 54Did 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/2857(XXVI)
Country	Position
Austria	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malta	Yes
Nepal	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
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Romania	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Togo	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Saudi Arabia	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Algeria	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Democratic Yemen	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Sri Lanka (as “CEYLON”)	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Cuba	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Oman	Did not vote
South Africa	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.