A/RES/46/86

Elimination of racism and racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 46
Date: 1991-12-16
Meeting record: A/46/PV.74
Draft: A/46/L.47
Agenda item(s): Elimination of racism and racial discrimination.

Tally

Yes 111No 25Abstain 13Did not vote 17

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/46/86
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	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
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	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
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Spain	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Algeria	No
Bangladesh	No
Brunei Darussalam	No
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Indonesia	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Iraq	No
Jordan	No
Lebanon	No
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	No
Malaysia	No
Mali	No
Mauritania	No
Pakistan	No
Qatar	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Somalia	No
Sri Lanka	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
United Arab Emirates	No
Viet Nam	No
Yemen	No
Angola	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Bahrain	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
China	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Oman	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

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.