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A/RES/52/129

Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization : 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.

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Yes 157Abstain 15Did not vote 13

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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/52/129
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AndorraYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
ArmeniaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
AzerbaijanYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelgiumYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CameroonYes
CanadaYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CroatiaYes
CyprusYes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)Yes
DenmarkYes
DjiboutiYes
DominicaYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EritreaYes
EstoniaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GeorgiaYes
GermanyYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KazakhstanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
KyrgyzstanYes
LatviaYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
LiechtensteinYes
LithuaniaYes
LuxembourgYes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
Marshall IslandsYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
Micronesia (Federated States of)Yes
MonacoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
NamibiaYes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)Yes
NorwayYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
PortugalYes
QatarYes
Republic of KoreaYes
Republic of MoldovaYes
RomaniaYes
Russian FederationYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
SamoaYes
San MarinoYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SlovakiaYes
SloveniaYes
Solomon IslandsYes
South AfricaYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SurinameYes
SwedenYes
TajikistanYes
ThailandYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
TurkmenistanYes
UkraineYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United KingdomYes
United StatesYes
UruguayYes
UzbekistanYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
Brunei DarussalamAbstain
ChinaAbstain
CubaAbstain
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaAbstain
Democratic Republic of the CongoAbstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Abstain
Lao People's Democratic RepublicAbstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Abstain
MyanmarAbstain
SudanAbstain
Syrian Arab RepublicAbstain
UgandaAbstain
United Republic of TanzaniaAbstain
Viet NamAbstain
ZimbabweAbstain
Bosnia and HerzegovinaDid not vote
BurundiDid not vote
CambodiaDid not vote
Central African RepublicDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
IraqDid not vote
PalauDid not vote
RwandaDid not vote
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDid not vote
Sao Tome and PrincipeDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
SomaliaDid not vote
YugoslaviaDid not vote

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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.