A/RES/47/138

Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : 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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'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/47/138
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	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
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	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
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
Indonesia	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	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
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	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
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	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
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Abstain
France	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Albania	Did not vote
Brunei Darussalam	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Georgia	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
San Marino	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did 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.