A/RES/56/146

Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the human rights instruments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 56
Date: 2001-12-19
Committee report: A/56/583/Add.1
Meeting record: A/56/PV.88
Draft: A/C.3/56/L.38
Agenda item(s): Implementation of human rights instruments.

Tally

Yes 113No 47Abstain 5Did not vote 24

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/56/146
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chad	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	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
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	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
Turkmenistan	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Albania	No
Andorra	No
Armenia	No
Australia	No
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Bulgaria	No
Canada	No
Chile	No
Cyprus	No
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	No
Denmark	No
Estonia	No
Finland	No
France	No
Germany	No
Greece	No
Hungary	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Latvia	No
Liechtenstein	No
Lithuania	No
Luxembourg	No
Malta	No
Marshall Islands	No
Micronesia (Federated States of)	No
Monaco	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Panama	No
Poland	No
Portugal	No
Republic of Korea	No
Republic of Moldova	No
Romania	No
San Marino	No
Slovenia	No
Spain	No
Sweden	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Yugoslavia	No
Argentina	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Palau	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
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

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.