A/RES/36/171

Question of human rights relating to the case of Mr. Ziad Abu Eain : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 36
Date: 1981-12-16
Meeting record: A/36/PV.101
Draft: A/36/L.58
Agenda item(s): Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 75No 21Abstain 43Did 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/36/171
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Hungary	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (as “IRAN”)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Poland	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Australia	No
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Costa Rica	No
Denmark	No
Finland	No
Germany, Federal Republic of	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Portugal	No
Sweden	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burkina Faso (as “UPPER VOLTA”)	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
France	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Cambodia (as “DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA”)	Did not vote
Cameroon (as “UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON”)	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Nepal	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
Romania	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Singapore	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Vanuatu	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.