A/RES/65/224

Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 65
Date: 2010-12-21
Committee report: A/65/456/Add.2(PartII)
Meeting record: A/65/PV.71
Draft: A/C.3/65/L.46/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 79No 67Abstain 40Did 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/65/224
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
China	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Andorra	No
Argentina	No
Australia	No
Austria	No
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	No
Barbados	No
Belgium	No
Bulgaria	No
Canada	No
Chile	No
Croatia	No
Cyprus	No
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	No
Denmark	No
Estonia	No
Fiji	No
Finland	No
France	No
Georgia	No
Germany	No
Greece	No
Hungary	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Israel	No
Italy	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
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	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
Papua New Guinea	No
Poland	No
Portugal	No
Republic of Korea	No
Republic of Moldova	No
Romania	No
Saint Lucia	No
Samoa	No
San Marino	No
Serbia	No
Slovakia	No
Slovenia	No
Solomon Islands	No
Spain	No
Sweden	No
Switzerland	No
Timor-Leste	No
Tonga	No
Ukraine	No
United Kingdom	No
United States	No
Uruguay	No
Vanuatu	No
Zambia	No
Albania	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
India	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Chad	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE

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.