A/RES/44/128

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 44
Date: 1989-12-15
Committee report: A/44/824
Meeting record: A/44/PV.82
Agenda item(s): International Covenants on Human Rights.

Tally

Yes 59No 26Abstain 48Did not vote 26

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/44/128
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Germany, Federal Republic of	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Togo	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Bahrain	No
Bangladesh	No
Cameroon	No
China	No
Djibouti	No
Egypt	No
Indonesia	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Iraq	No
Japan	No
Jordan	No
Kuwait	No
Maldives	No
Morocco	No
Nigeria	No
Oman	No
Pakistan	No
Qatar	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Sierra Leone	No
Somalia	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
United Republic of Tanzania	No
United States	No
Yemen	No
Algeria	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Democratic Yemen	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
India	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Angola	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Malaysia	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Sudan	Did not vote
Thailand	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--TREATIES (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.