A/RES/57/196

Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 57
Date: 2002-12-18
Committee report: A/57/555
Meeting record: A/57/PV.77
Draft: A/C.3/57/L.31
Agenda item(s): Right of peoples to self-determination.

Tally

Yes 124No 21Abstain 34Did not vote 12

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/57/196
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
Cameroon	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	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
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	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
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	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
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	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
Tuvalu	Yes
Uganda	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
Zimbabwe	Yes
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	No
Denmark	No
Estonia	No
Finland	No
Georgia	No
Hungary	No
Iceland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Luxembourg	No
Marshall Islands	No
Micronesia (Federated States of)	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
Norway	No
Poland	No
Sweden	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
France	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Tonga	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Yugoslavia	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

SELF-DETERMINATION OF PEOPLES

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.