A/RES/66/253A

The situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 66
Date: 2012-02-16
Meeting record: A/66/PV.97
Draft: A/66/L.36|A/66/L.36/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Prevention of armed conflict.

Tally

Yes 137No 12Abstain 17Did not vote 27

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/66/253A
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Serbia	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
South Sudan	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Belarus	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	No
China	No
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Ecuador	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Nicaragua	No
Russian Federation	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	No
Zimbabwe	No
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Comoros	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Burundi	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Ethiopia	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Philippines	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote

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Topics

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Middle East · r-me-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

ARMED CONFLICTS PREVENTION

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.