A/RES/59/207

Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : 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.54
Agenda item(s): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

Tally

Yes 76No 2Abstain 100Did not vote 13

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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/59/207
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Belgium	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
Dominican Republic	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	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 Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	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
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Rwanda	No
Uganda	No
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
China	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Comoros	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Eritrea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Haiti	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
Liberia	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
Russian Federation	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	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
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Kazakhstan	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tonga	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.