A/RES/53/155

Right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 53
Date: 1998-12-09
Committee report: A/53/625/Add.2
Meeting record: A/53/PV.85
Agenda item(s): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 125No 1Abstain 42Did not vote 17

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/53/155
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Georgia	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
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	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
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	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
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	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
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Bahrain	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Liberia	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
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.