A/RES/46/137

Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 46
Date: 1991-12-17
Committee report: A/46/721/Add.1
Meeting record: A/46/PV.75
Agenda item(s): Human rights questions.

Tally

Yes 134No 4Abstain 13Did not vote 15

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/46/137
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Kenya	No
Namibia	No
Angola	Abstain
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Myanmar	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS

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.