A/RES/58/245

Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed conflict : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 58
Date: 2003-12-23
Committee report: A/58/504
Meeting record: A/58/PV.79
Draft: A/C.3/58/L.28
Agenda item(s): Promotion and protection of the rights of children.

Tally

Yes 115No 20Abstain 28Did not vote 28

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/58/245
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tonga	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Australia	No
Belgium	No
Canada	No
Denmark	No
Finland	No
Georgia	No
Germany	No
Iceland	No
Israel	No
Japan	No
Lithuania	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Poland	No
Sweden	No
Switzerland	No
Uganda	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Serbia and Montenegro	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kazakhstan	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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Topics

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Humanitarian and protection · r-th-hum

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.