A/RES/57/188

Situation of and assistance to Palestinian children : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 57
Date: 2002-12-18
Committee report: A/57/552
Meeting record: A/57/PV.77
Draft: A/C.3/57/L.23
Agenda item(s): Promotion and protection of the rights of children.

Tally

Yes 108No 5Abstain 60Did not vote 18

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/57/188
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	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
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Israel	No
Marshall Islands	No
Micronesia (Federated States of)	No
Palau	No
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Tonga	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Republic of Moldova	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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Topics

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Humanitarian and protection · r-th-humMiddle East · r-me-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

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.