A/RES/34/47

Services of the Secretariat concerned with human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 34
Date: 1979-11-23
Committee report: A/34/704
Meeting record: A/34/PV. 76
Agenda item(s): Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 103Abstain 39Did 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/34/47
Country	Position
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	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
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Afghanistan	Abstain
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Democratic Yemen	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
German Democratic Republic	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Paraguay	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	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.