A/RES/51/109

Situation of human rights in Nigeria : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 51
Date: 1996-12-12
Committee report: A/51/619/Add.3
Meeting record: A/51/PV.82
Agenda item(s): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

Tally

Yes 92No 19Abstain 55Did not vote 19

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/51/109
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Benin	No
Chad	No
China	No
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Equatorial Guinea	No
Gambia	No
Ghana	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Liberia	No
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	No
Myanmar	No
Niger	No
Nigeria	No
Sierra Leone	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Togo	No
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Eritrea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Greece	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Oman	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS

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.