A/RES/39/137

Elaboration of a 2nd Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 39
Date: 1984-12-14
Committee report: A/39/707
Meeting record: A/39/PV.101
Agenda item(s): International covenants on human rights.

Tally

Yes 64No 19Abstain 55Did not vote 21

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/39/137
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire (as “IVORY COAST”)	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Bahrain	No
Bangladesh	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Iraq	No
Jordan	No
Kuwait	No
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	No
Maldives	No
Oman	No
Pakistan	No
Qatar	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Senegal	No
Singapore	No
Somalia	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
United Arab Emirates	No
Yemen	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
China	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Czechoslovakia	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
German Democratic Republic	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
India	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic Yemen	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Indonesia	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Philippines	Did not vote
Romania	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--COVENANTS (1966)

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.