A/RES/53/53

Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 53
Date: 1998-12-03
Committee report: A/53/598
Meeting record: A/53/PV.78
Agenda item(s): Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories.

Tally

Yes 86No 2Abstain 67Did not vote 30

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/53/53
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	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
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	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
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	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
Zimbabwe	Yes
Israel	No
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Costa Rica	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Guatemala	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	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)

TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL--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.