A/RES/59/280

United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 59
Date: 2005-03-08
Committee report: A/59/516/Add.1
Meeting record: A/59/PV.82
Agenda item(s): International convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings.

Tally

Yes 84No 34Abstain 37Did not vote 36

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/59/280
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Chile	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Belarus	No
Belgium	No
Brazil	No
Bulgaria	No
Cambodia	No
Canada	No
China	No
Cuba	No
Cyprus	No
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Denmark	No
Estonia	No
Finland	No
France	No
Gabon	No
Iceland	No
India	No
Jamaica	No
Japan	No
Lao People's Democratic Republic	No
Latvia	No
Lithuania	No
Luxembourg	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
Norway	No
Republic of Korea	No
Singapore	No
Spain	No
Sweden	No
Thailand	No
Tonga	No
United Kingdom	No
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Serbia and Montenegro	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Did not vote
Armenia	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Ghana	Did not vote
Greece	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Mauritania	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Nigeria	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
Peru	Did not vote
Russian Federation	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Togo	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Did not vote
Viet Nam	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

CLONING OF HUMAN BEINGS--TREATIES (PROPOSED)

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.