A/RES/63/168

Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 63
Date: 2008-12-18
Committee report: A/63/430/Add.2
Meeting record: A/63/PV.70
Draft: A/C.3/63/L.19|A/C.3/63/L.19/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 106No 46Abstain 34Did not vote 6

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/63/168
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Serbia	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Antigua and Barbuda	No
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	No
Bangladesh	No
Barbados	No
Belize	No
Botswana	No
Brunei Darussalam	No
China	No
Comoros	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Dominica	No
Egypt	No
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	No
Grenada	No
Guyana	No
India	No
Indonesia	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Iraq	No
Jamaica	No
Japan	No
Kuwait	No
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	No
Malaysia	No
Maldives	No
Mongolia	No
Myanmar	No
Nigeria	No
Pakistan	No
Qatar	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No
Saint Lucia	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No
Saudi Arabia	No
Singapore	No
Solomon Islands	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Thailand	No
Tonga	No
Trinidad and Tobago	No
Uganda	No
United States	No
Yemen	No
Zimbabwe	No
Bahrain	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Eritrea	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Chad	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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.