A/RES/59/205

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assemly

Body: General Assembly, session 59
Date: 2004-12-20
Committee report: A/59/503/Add.3
Meeting record: A/59/PV.74
Draft: A/C.3/59/L.50
Agenda item(s): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

Tally

Yes 71No 54Abstain 55Did not vote 11

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/59/205
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	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 Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Serbia and Montenegro	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Algeria	No
Armenia	No
Azerbaijan	No
Bahrain	No
Bangladesh	No
Belarus	No
Brunei Darussalam	No
Chad	No
China	No
Comoros	No
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo	No
Djibouti	No
Egypt	No
Gambia	No
Guinea	No
India	No
Indonesia	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Iraq	No
Kazakhstan	No
Kuwait	No
Kyrgyzstan	No
Lebanon	No
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	No
Malaysia	No
Maldives	No
Mauritania	No
Morocco	No
Myanmar	No
Niger	No
Nigeria	No
Oman	No
Pakistan	No
Qatar	No
Russian Federation	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Senegal	No
Somalia	No
South Africa	No
Sri Lanka	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Tajikistan	No
Togo	No
Tunisia	No
Turkmenistan	No
Ukraine	No
Uzbekistan	No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	No
Viet Nam	No
Yemen	No
Zimbabwe	No
Angola	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Eritrea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Georgia	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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Topics

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Middle East · r-me-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
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.