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A/RES/57/217

Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms and in solving international problems of a humanitarian character : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 57
Date
2002-12-18
Committee report
A/57/556/Add.2
Meeting record
A/57/PV.77
Draft
A/C.3/57/L.59
Agenda item(s)
Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 114No 54Abstain 15Did not vote 8

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'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/57/217
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
AzerbaijanYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
ChadYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CubaYes
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaYes
Democratic Republic of the CongoYes
DjiboutiYes
DominicaYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EritreaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GhanaYes
GrenadaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KazakhstanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
KyrgyzstanYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
QatarYes
Russian FederationYes
RwandaYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SeychellesYes
Sierra LeoneYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
South AfricaYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
TajikistanYes
Timor-LesteYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
TuvaluYes
UgandaYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
AlbaniaNo
AndorraNo
ArmeniaNo
AustraliaNo
AustriaNo
BelgiumNo
Bosnia and HerzegovinaNo
BulgariaNo
CanadaNo
CroatiaNo
CyprusNo
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)No
DenmarkNo
EstoniaNo
FinlandNo
FranceNo
GeorgiaNo
GermanyNo
GreeceNo
HungaryNo
IcelandNo
IrelandNo
IsraelNo
ItalyNo
JapanNo
LiechtensteinNo
LithuaniaNo
LuxembourgNo
MaltaNo
Marshall IslandsNo
Micronesia (Federated States of)No
MonacoNo
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)No
New ZealandNo
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)No
NorwayNo
PalauNo
PolandNo
PortugalNo
Republic of KoreaNo
Republic of MoldovaNo
RomaniaNo
SamoaNo
San MarinoNo
SlovakiaNo
SloveniaNo
SpainNo
SwedenNo
SwitzerlandNo
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)No
UkraineNo
United KingdomNo
United StatesNo
YugoslaviaNo
ArgentinaAbstain
BrazilAbstain
ChileAbstain
FijiAbstain
GuatemalaAbstain
LatviaAbstain
MadagascarAbstain
Naoero (as “NAURU”)Abstain
PeruAbstain
PhilippinesAbstain
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAbstain
SingaporeAbstain
ThailandAbstain
TongaAbstain
UruguayAbstain
Central African RepublicDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
IraqDid not vote
KiribatiDid not vote
LiberiaDid not vote
NigerDid not vote
TurkmenistanDid not vote
UzbekistanDid not vote

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Topics

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Humanitarian and protection · r-th-hum

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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.