A/RES/37/200

Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 37
Date: 1982-12-18
Committee report: A/37/693
Meeting record: A/37/PV.111
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 81No 38Abstain 20Did 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/37/200
Country	Position
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	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
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	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
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar (as “BURMA”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Norway	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	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
Afghanistan	No
Algeria	No
Angola	No
Argentina	No
Belarus (as “BYELORUSSIAN SSR”)	No
Benin	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	No
Bulgaria	No
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	No
Congo	No
Cuba	No
Czechoslovakia	No
Democratic Yemen	No
Ethiopia	No
German Democratic Republic	No
Guyana	No
Hungary	No
India	No
Indonesia	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Lao People's Democratic Republic	No
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	No
Madagascar	No
Mongolia	No
Mozambique	No
Nicaragua	No
Pakistan	No
Panama	No
Poland	No
Romania	No
Sao Tome and Principe	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Ukraine (as “UKRAINIAN SSR”)	No
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	No
Viet Nam	No
Yugoslavia	No
Zambia	No
Zimbabwe	No
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
China	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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Topics

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Humanitarian and protection · r-th-hum

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.