A/RES/61/166

Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 61
Date: 2006-12-19
Committee report: A/61/443/Add.2
Meeting record: A/61/PV.81
Draft: A/C.3/61/L.31/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 86No 64Abstain 26Did not vote 16

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/61/166
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Haiti	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Albania	No
Andorra	No
Argentina	No
Australia	No
Austria	No
Belgium	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	No
Bulgaria	No
Canada	No
Chile	No
Croatia	No
Cyprus	No
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	No
Denmark	No
Dominican Republic	No
Estonia	No
Finland	No
France	No
Georgia	No
Germany	No
Greece	No
Guatemala	No
Honduras	No
Hungary	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	No
Japan	No
Latvia	No
Liechtenstein	No
Lithuania	No
Luxembourg	No
Malta	No
Marshall Islands	No
Mexico	No
Micronesia (Federated States of)	No
Monaco	No
Montenegro	No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	No
New Zealand	No
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	No
Norway	No
Palau	No
Panama	No
Peru	No
Poland	No
Portugal	No
Republic of Korea	No
Republic of Moldova	No
Romania	No
Samoa	No
San Marino	No
Serbia	No
Slovakia	No
Slovenia	No
Spain	No
Sweden	No
Switzerland	No
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	No
Ukraine	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Uruguay	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Burkina Faso	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Timor-Leste	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT

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.