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A/RES/47/137

Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 47
Date
1992-12-18
Committee report
A/47/678/Add.2
Meeting record
A/47/PV.92
Agenda item(s)
Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. · Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

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Yes 115Abstain 48Did not vote 16

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'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/47/137
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArmeniaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaYes
DjiboutiYes
DominicaYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GhanaYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
NepalYes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
QatarYes
Republic of KoreaYes
RwandaYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SeychellesYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
UgandaYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
ArgentinaAbstain
AustraliaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
AzerbaijanAbstain
BelarusAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
BulgariaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
CroatiaAbstain
CzechoslovakiaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
EstoniaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GermanyAbstain
GreeceAbstain
HungaryAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
KazakhstanAbstain
LatviaAbstain
LiechtensteinAbstain
LithuaniaAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MaltaAbstain
Marshall IslandsAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
NorwayAbstain
PanamaAbstain
PhilippinesAbstain
PolandAbstain
PortugalAbstain
Republic of MoldovaAbstain
RomaniaAbstain
Russian FederationAbstain
SamoaAbstain
SloveniaAbstain
Solomon IslandsAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
TogoAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
UkraineAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
United StatesAbstain
AlbaniaDid not vote
Bosnia and HerzegovinaDid not vote
CambodiaDid not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)Did not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
FijiDid not vote
GeorgiaDid not vote
KyrgyzstanDid not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)Did not vote
San MarinoDid not vote
SomaliaDid not vote
South AfricaDid not vote
TajikistanDid not vote
TurkmenistanDid not vote
UzbekistanDid not vote
YugoslaviaDid not vote

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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.