A/RES/61/178

Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 61
Date: 2006-12-20
Committee report: A/61/448
Meeting record: A/61/PV.82
Draft: A/C.3/61/L.18/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Report of the Human Rights Council.

Tally

Yes 85Abstain 89Did not vote 18

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/61/178
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Australia	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Egypt	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
China	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
India	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Montenegro	Abstain
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Serbia	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Tonga	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Belize	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Timor-Leste	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--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.