A/RES/51/103

Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 51
Date: 1996-12-12
Committee report: A/51/619/Add.2
Meeting record: A/51/PV.82
Agenda item(s): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 57No 45Abstain 59Did not vote 24

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/51/103
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Benin	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Albania	No
Andorra	No
Australia	No
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Bulgaria	No
Canada	No
Croatia	No
Cyprus	No
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	No
Denmark	No
Estonia	No
Finland	No
France	No
Germany	No
Hungary	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Latvia	No
Liechtenstein	No
Lithuania	No
Luxembourg	No
Marshall Islands	No
Monaco	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Niger	No
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	No
Norway	No
Portugal	No
Republic of Korea	No
Republic of Moldova	No
Romania	No
San Marino	No
Slovakia	No
Slovenia	No
Spain	No
Sweden	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Uzbekistan	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Angola	Did not vote
Bahrain	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Greece	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Poland	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT

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.