A/RES/56/266

Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 56
Date: 2002-03-27
Committee report: A/56/581
Meeting record: A/56/PV.97
Draft: A/C.3/56/L.84/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Elimination of racism and racial discrimination.

Tally

Yes 134No 2Abstain 2Did not vote 51

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/56/266
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Israel	No
United States	No
Australia	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Albania	Did not vote
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Estonia	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
France	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Honduras	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Luxembourg	Did not vote
Malaysia	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Nigeria	Did not vote
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

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.