A/RES/52/120

Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : 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 91No 46Abstain 26Did not vote 22

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/52/120
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mexico	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
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Singapore	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tajikistan	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
Australia	No
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Bulgaria	No
Canada	No
Croatia	No
Cyprus	No
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	No
Denmark	No
Estonia	No
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	No
Finland	No
France	No
Germany	No
Greece	No
Hungary	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Latvia	No
Liechtenstein	No
Lithuania	No
Luxembourg	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
San Marino	No
Slovakia	No
Slovenia	No
Spain	No
Sweden	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Argentina	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Turkmenistan	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Bahrain	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Maldives	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.