A/RES/34/48

Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for the improvement of the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : 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 72No 26Abstain 40Did 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/34/48
Country	Position
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Yes
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	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
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Spain	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Angola	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Democratic Yemen	No
Ethiopia	No
German Democratic Republic	No
Guinea	No
Hungary	No
Lao People's Democratic Republic	No
Madagascar	No
Mongolia	No
Oman	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
United Arab Emirates	No
Viet Nam	No
Yemen	No
Yugoslavia	No
Algeria	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	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.