A/RES/52/119

Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 52
Date: 1997-12-12
Committee report: A/52/644/Add.2
Meeting record: A/52/PV.70
Agenda item(s): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 96No 58Abstain 12Did 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/52/119
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Singapore	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Albania	No
Andorra	No
Argentina	No
Armenia	No
Australia	No
Austria	No
Azerbaijan	No
Belarus	No
Belgium	No
Bulgaria	No
Canada	No
Croatia	No
Cyprus	No
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	No
Denmark	No
Estonia	No
Finland	No
France	No
Georgia	No
Germany	No
Greece	No
Hungary	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Kazakhstan	No
Latvia	No
Liechtenstein	No
Lithuania	No
Luxembourg	No
Malta	No
Marshall Islands	No
Micronesia (Federated States of)	No
Monaco	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	No
Norway	No
Poland	No
Portugal	No
Republic of Korea	No
Republic of Moldova	No
Romania	No
Russian Federation	No
Samoa	No
San Marino	No
Slovakia	No
Slovenia	No
Solomon Islands	No
Spain	No
Sweden	No
Tajikistan	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
Ukraine	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Eritrea	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Turkmenistan	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	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.