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A/RES/57/223

The Right to Development : 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.65
Agenda item(s)
Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 133No 4Abstain 47Did not vote 7

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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/57/223
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
ArmeniaYes
AzerbaijanYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CroatiaYes
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
FijiYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GhanaYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
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
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)Yes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
QatarYes
Russian FederationYes
RwandaYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SeychellesYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
South AfricaYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
TajikistanYes
ThailandYes
Timor-LesteYes
TogoYes
TongaYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
TurkmenistanYes
TuvaluYes
UgandaYes
UkraineYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
AustraliaNo
Marshall IslandsNo
PalauNo
United StatesNo
AlbaniaAbstain
AndorraAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbstain
BulgariaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
CyprusAbstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)Abstain
DenmarkAbstain
EstoniaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GeorgiaAbstain
GermanyAbstain
GreeceAbstain
HungaryAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
IsraelAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
LatviaAbstain
LiechtensteinAbstain
LithuaniaAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MaltaAbstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)Abstain
MonacoAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)Abstain
NorwayAbstain
PolandAbstain
PortugalAbstain
Republic of KoreaAbstain
Republic of MoldovaAbstain
RomaniaAbstain
San MarinoAbstain
SlovakiaAbstain
SloveniaAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
SwitzerlandAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
United KingdomAbstain
YugoslaviaAbstain
Central African RepublicDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
IraqDid not vote
KiribatiDid not vote
LiberiaDid not vote
NigerDid not vote
UzbekistanDid not vote

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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.