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A/RES/59/261

Rights of the child : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 59
Date
2004-12-23
Committee report
A/59/499
Meeting record
A/59/PV.76
Draft
A/C.3/59/L.29/Rev.1
Agenda item(s)
Promotion and protection of the rights of children.

Tally

Yes 166No 2Abstain 1Did not vote 22

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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/59/261
CountryPosition
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AndorraYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
ArmeniaYes
AustraliaYes
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
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Yes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
CanadaYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
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
EritreaYes
EstoniaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GeorgiaYes
GermanyYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KazakhstanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
KyrgyzstanYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LatviaYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
LiechtensteinYes
LithuaniaYes
LuxembourgYes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
Micronesia (Federated States of)Yes
MonacoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
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
San MarinoYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Serbia and MontenegroYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SlovakiaYes
SloveniaYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
South AfricaYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
SwedenYes
SwitzerlandYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
ThailandYes
Timor-LesteYes
TogoYes
TongaYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
TurkmenistanYes
UgandaYes
UkraineYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United KingdomYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
UzbekistanYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
Marshall IslandsNo
United StatesNo
IndiaAbstain
AfghanistanDid not vote
AngolaDid not vote
BotswanaDid not vote
Côte d'IvoireDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Did not vote
EthiopiaDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
JamaicaDid not vote
KiribatiDid not vote
MalawiDid not vote
MauritaniaDid not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)Did not vote
PalauDid not vote
Saint Kitts and NevisDid not vote
SamoaDid not vote
Sao Tome and PrincipeDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
TajikistanDid not vote
TuvaluDid not vote
VanuatuDid not vote

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Topics

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Humanitarian and protection · r-th-hum

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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.