A/RES/67/139

Towards a comprehensive and integral international legal instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of older persons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 67
Date: 2012-12-20
Committee report: A/67/449|A/67/449/Corr.1
Meeting record: A/67/PV.60
Draft: A/C.3/67/L.9/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family. · Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons : 2nd World Assembly on Ageing.

Tally

Yes 54No 5Abstain 118Did not vote 16

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/67/139
Country	Position
Argentina	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Singapore	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Canada	No
Israel	No
Seychelles	No
South Sudan	No
United States	No
Afghanistan	Abstain
Albania	Abstain
Algeria	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Burundi	Abstain
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
China	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
India	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Montenegro	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Serbia	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Tonga	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Armenia	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Côte d'Ivoire	Did not vote
Ghana	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Marshall Islands	Did not vote
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Did not vote
Namibia	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

AGEING PERSONS
AGEING PERSONS--2ND WORLD ASSEMBLY (2002)
SOCIAL CONDITIONS

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.