A/RES/56/59

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 56
Date: 2001-12-10
Committee report: A/56/550
Meeting record: A/56/PV.82
Draft: A/C.4/56/L.14
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 83No 4Abstain 58Did not vote 44

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/56/59
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	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
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
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Israel	No
Marshall Islands	No
Micronesia (Federated States of)	No
United States	No
Andorra	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Fiji	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
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	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
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Tonga	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Albania	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	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
El Salvador	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Niger	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
Samoa	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Zimbabwe	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.