A/RES/42/136

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

Body: General Assembly, session 42
Date: 1987-12-07
Committee report: A/42/803/Add.1
Meeting record: A/42/PV.93
Agenda item(s): Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Tally

Yes 64No 22Abstain 45Did not vote 28

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/42/136
Country	Position
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Denmark	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Togo	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Algeria	No
Angola	No
Bahrain	No
Brunei Darussalam	No
Cuba	No
Democratic Yemen	No
Indonesia	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Kuwait	No
Lebanon	No
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	No
Niger	No
Oman	No
Pakistan	No
Qatar	No
Romania	No
Somalia	No
Sri Lanka	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
United Arab Emirates	No
United Republic of Tanzania	No
Argentina	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
India	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Albania	Did not vote
Belarus	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Chile	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Czechoslovakia	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Ethiopia	Did not vote
German Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Hungary	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Poland	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Ukraine	Did not vote
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Did not vote
Uruguay	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote

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Topics

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Middle East · r-me-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

UN. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL--REPORTS

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.