A/RES/63/190

Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 63
Date: 2008-12-18
Committee report: A/63/430/Add.3|A/63/430/Add.3/Corr.1
Meeting record: A/63/PV.71
Draft: A/C.3/63/L.26
Agenda item(s): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

Tally

Yes 94No 22Abstain 63Did not vote 13

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/63/190
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Algeria	No
Belarus	No
China	No
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Egypt	No
Guinea	No
Indonesia	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	No
Malaysia	No
Myanmar	No
Oman	No
Russian Federation	No
Somalia	No
Sri Lanka	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Uzbekistan	No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	No
Viet Nam	No
Zimbabwe	No
Angola	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Haiti	Abstain
India	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Tajikistan	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Turkmenistan	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Armenia	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Serbia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Tunisia	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote

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Topics

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Asia and Pacific · r-as-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
HUMAN RIGHTS--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.