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A/RES/41/159

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 41
Date
1986-12-04
Committee report
A/41/874/Add.2
Meeting record
A/41/PV.97
Agenda item(s)
Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 61No 32Abstain 42Did not vote 24

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/41/159
CountryPosition
Antigua and BarbudaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
BarbadosYes
BelgiumYes
BelizeYes
BotswanaYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CanadaYes
ChadYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
DenmarkYes
Dominican RepublicYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
Germany, Federal Republic ofYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IcelandYes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
LuxembourgYes
MalawiYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NorwayYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PortugalYes
RwandaYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SpainYes
SwedenYes
TogoYes
United KingdomYes
United StatesYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
AlgeriaNo
AngolaNo
BahrainNo
BeninNo
Brunei DarussalamNo
ComorosNo
CubaNo
Democratic YemenNo
EthiopiaNo
IndonesiaNo
Iran (Islamic Republic of)No
KuwaitNo
LebanonNo
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)No
MalaysiaNo
NicaraguaNo
NigerNo
OmanNo
PakistanNo
PolandNo
QatarNo
RomaniaNo
Saudi ArabiaNo
Sierra LeoneNo
SomaliaNo
Sri LankaNo
SudanNo
Syrian Arab RepublicNo
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)No
United Arab EmiratesNo
United Republic of TanzaniaNo
YemenNo
ArgentinaAbstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Abstain
BangladeshAbstain
BhutanAbstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Abstain
BrazilAbstain
BulgariaAbstain
Burkina FasoAbstain
BurundiAbstain
CameroonAbstain
Central African RepublicAbstain
Côte d'IvoireAbstain
CyprusAbstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Abstain
DjiboutiAbstain
EcuadorAbstain
EgyptAbstain
GabonAbstain
GambiaAbstain
GhanaAbstain
Guinea-BissauAbstain
GuyanaAbstain
IndiaAbstain
JapanAbstain
MaldivesAbstain
MaliAbstain
MaltaAbstain
MauritaniaAbstain
MoroccoAbstain
MyanmarAbstain
NepalAbstain
NigeriaAbstain
SenegalAbstain
SingaporeAbstain
SurinameAbstain
ThailandAbstain
Trinidad and TobagoAbstain
TunisiaAbstain
UgandaAbstain
YugoslaviaAbstain
ZambiaAbstain
ZimbabweAbstain
AfghanistanDid not vote
AlbaniaDid not vote
BelarusDid not vote
CambodiaDid not vote
ChileDid not vote
ChinaDid not vote
CongoDid not vote
CzechoslovakiaDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
German Democratic RepublicDid not vote
GuineaDid not vote
HungaryDid not vote
Lao People's Democratic RepublicDid not vote
MadagascarDid not vote
MongoliaDid not vote
MozambiqueDid not vote
Sao Tome and PrincipeDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
UkraineDid not vote
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)Did not vote
UruguayDid not vote
VanuatuDid not vote
Viet NamDid not vote

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Middle East · r-me-1

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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.