A/RES/3011(XXVII)

Capital punishment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 27
Date: 1972-12-18
Committee report: A/9828
Meeting record: A/PV.2113
Agenda item(s): Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 86Abstain 32Did not vote 14

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/3011(XXVII)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Afghanistan	Abstain
Algeria	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
China	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Democratic Yemen	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Cuba	Did not vote
Ecuador	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Malawi	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.