A/RES/3136(XXVIII)

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

Body: General Assembly, session 28
Date: 1973-12-14
Committee report: A/9393
Meeting record: A/PV.2201
Agenda item(s): Creation of the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Tally

Yes 105Abstain 23Did not vote 7

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/3136(XXVIII)
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin (as “DAHOMEY”)	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia (as “KHMER REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic (as “LAOS”)	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Afghanistan	Abstain
Albania	Abstain
Algeria	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
China	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Nicaragua	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.