A/RES/58/196

Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 58
Date: 2003-12-22
Committee report: A/58/508/Add.3
Meeting record: A/58/PV.77
Draft: A/C.3/58/L.79/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

Tally

Yes 81No 2Abstain 91Did not vote 17

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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/58/196
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Serbia and Montenegro	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Rwanda	No
Uganda	No
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
China	Abstain
Comoros	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Eritrea	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Turkmenistan	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote

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Topics

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Africa · r-af-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
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.