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A/RES/59/185

The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assemly

Body
General Assembly, session 59
Date
2004-12-20
Committee report
A/59/503/Add.2
Meeting record
A/59/PV.74
Draft
A/C.3/59/L.37
Agenda item(s)
Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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Yes 181No 2Abstain 4Did not vote 4

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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/59/185
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AndorraYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
ArmeniaYes
AustriaYes
AzerbaijanYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelgiumYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
Bosnia and HerzegovinaYes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CroatiaYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)Yes
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaYes
Democratic Republic of the CongoYes
DenmarkYes
DjiboutiYes
DominicaYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EritreaYes
EstoniaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GeorgiaYes
GermanyYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KazakhstanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
KyrgyzstanYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LatviaYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
LiechtensteinYes
LithuaniaYes
LuxembourgYes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
Marshall IslandsYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
Micronesia (Federated States of)Yes
MonacoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)Yes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)Yes
NorwayYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
PortugalYes
QatarYes
Republic of KoreaYes
Republic of MoldovaYes
RomaniaYes
Russian FederationYes
RwandaYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
San MarinoYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Serbia and MontenegroYes
SeychellesYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SlovakiaYes
SloveniaYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
South AfricaYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
SwitzerlandYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
TajikistanYes
ThailandYes
Timor-LesteYes
TogoYes
TongaYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
TurkmenistanYes
TuvaluYes
UgandaYes
UkraineYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United KingdomYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
UzbekistanYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
IsraelNo
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
JapanAbstain
SwedenAbstain
CongoDid not vote
KiribatiDid not vote
PalauDid not vote
Saint Kitts and NevisDid 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.