A/RES/52/142

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 52
Date: 1997-12-12
Committee report: A/52/644/Add.3
Meeting record: A/52/PV.70
Agenda item(s): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

Tally

Yes 74No 32Abstain 56Did not vote 23

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/52/142
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	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
Norway	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Armenia	No
Azerbaijan	No
Bangladesh	No
Brunei Darussalam	No
China	No
Comoros	No
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Ghana	No
India	No
Indonesia	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Kuwait	No
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	No
Malaysia	No
Maldives	No
Myanmar	No
Niger	No
Nigeria	No
Oman	No
Pakistan	No
Philippines	No
Qatar	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Sierra Leone	No
Sri Lanka	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Tajikistan	No
Viet Nam	No
Zimbabwe	No
Albania	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Eritrea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Turkmenistan	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Georgia	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Morocco	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
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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Topics

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Middle East · r-me-1

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.