A/RES/55/117

Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 55
Date: 2000-12-04
Committee report: A/55/602/Add.3
Meeting record: A/55/PV.81
Draft: A/C.3/55/L.62/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

Tally

Yes 102No 2Abstain 63Did not vote 22

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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/55/117
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Rwanda	No
Uganda	No
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
China	Abstain
Comoros	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Eritrea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Oman	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Syrian Arab Republic	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote
Zambia	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
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.