A/RES/66/254

Intergovernmental process of the General Assembly on strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 66
Date: 2012-02-23
Meeting record: A/66/PV.98
Draft: A/66/L.37|A/66/L.37/Add.1
Agenda item(s): United Nations reform : measures and proposals.

Tally

Yes 85Abstain 66Did not vote 42

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/66/254
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chile	Abstain
Costa Rica	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Honduras	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Montenegro	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Serbia	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
South Sudan	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Timor-Leste	Abstain
Turkmenistan	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Bhutan	Did not vote
Botswana	Did not vote
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Dominican Republic	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Ghana	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kuwait	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Mali	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Nepal	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Philippines	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Togo	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Tuvalu	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Yemen	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

UN--ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM

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.