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A/RES/61/159

Composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 61
Date
2006-12-19
Committee report
A/61/443/Add.
Meeting record
A/61/PV.81
Draft
A/C.3/61/L.23
Agenda item(s)
Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 118No 7Abstain 55Did not vote 12

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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/61/159
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
ArmeniaYes
AzerbaijanYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)Yes
BotswanaYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
ComorosYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CubaYes
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaYes
Democratic Republic of the CongoYes
DjiboutiYes
DominicaYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
EritreaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GhanaYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
JordanYes
KazakhstanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
KyrgyzstanYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LiberiaYes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)Yes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)Yes
NepalYes
NicaraguaYes
NigerYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
QatarYes
Russian FederationYes
RwandaYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
South AfricaYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
TajikistanYes
ThailandYes
Timor-LesteYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
UruguayYes
UzbekistanYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
AustraliaNo
CanadaNo
IsraelNo
JapanNo
Marshall IslandsNo
Micronesia (Federated States of)No
United StatesNo
AlbaniaAbstain
AndorraAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbstain
BrazilAbstain
BulgariaAbstain
CroatiaAbstain
CyprusAbstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)Abstain
DenmarkAbstain
EstoniaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GeorgiaAbstain
GermanyAbstain
GreeceAbstain
HungaryAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
ItalyAbstain
LatviaAbstain
LiechtensteinAbstain
LithuaniaAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MaltaAbstain
MonacoAbstain
MontenegroAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
New ZealandAbstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)Abstain
NorwayAbstain
PanamaAbstain
Papua New GuineaAbstain
PolandAbstain
PortugalAbstain
Republic of KoreaAbstain
Republic of MoldovaAbstain
RomaniaAbstain
SamoaAbstain
San MarinoAbstain
SerbiaAbstain
SingaporeAbstain
SlovakiaAbstain
SloveniaAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
SwitzerlandAbstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Abstain
TuvaluAbstain
UgandaAbstain
UkraineAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
United Republic of TanzaniaAbstain
VanuatuAbstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)Did not vote
Central African RepublicDid not vote
ChadDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
JamaicaDid not vote
KiribatiDid not vote
MongoliaDid not vote
PalauDid not vote
Saint Kitts and NevisDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
TongaDid not vote
TurkmenistanDid 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.