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A/RES/70/161

Human rights defenders in the context of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 70
Date
2015-12-17
Committee report
A/70/489/Add.2
Meeting record
A/70/PV.80
Draft
A/C.3/70/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 127No 14Abstain 41Did not vote 11

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'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/70/161
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AndorraYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
ArmeniaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelgiumYes
BelizeYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bosnia and HerzegovinaYes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Cabo VerdeYes
CanadaYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ColombiaYes
Costa RicaYes
CroatiaYes
CyprusYes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)Yes
DenmarkYes
DjiboutiYes
DominicaYes
Dominican RepublicYes
El SalvadorYes
EstoniaYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GeorgiaYes
GermanyYes
GhanaYes
GreeceYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
GuyanaYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KiribatiYes
KyrgyzstanYes
LatviaYes
LebanonYes
LiberiaYes
LibyaYes
LiechtensteinYes
LithuaniaYes
LuxembourgYes
MalawiYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaltaYes
Marshall IslandsYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
Micronesia (Federated States of)Yes
MonacoYes
MongoliaYes
MontenegroYes
MoroccoYes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)Yes
NorwayYes
PalauYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
PortugalYes
Republic of KoreaYes
Republic of MoldovaYes
RomaniaYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
San MarinoYes
SenegalYes
SerbiaYes
SingaporeYes
SlovakiaYes
SloveniaYes
Solomon IslandsYes
South AfricaYes
South SudanYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SurinameYes
SwedenYes
SwitzerlandYes
ThailandYes
Timor-LesteYes
TogoYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
UkraineYes
United KingdomYes
United StatesYes
UruguayYes
ZambiaYes
BurundiNo
CambodiaNo
ChinaNo
CubaNo
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaNo
Iran (Islamic Republic of)No
MyanmarNo
NicaraguaNo
NigeriaNo
PakistanNo
Russian FederationNo
SudanNo
Syrian Arab RepublicNo
ZimbabweNo
AlgeriaAbstain
AngolaAbstain
AzerbaijanAbstain
BahrainAbstain
BelarusAbstain
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Abstain
Brunei DarussalamAbstain
CameroonAbstain
ComorosAbstain
CongoAbstain
Côte d'IvoireAbstain
Democratic Republic of the CongoAbstain
EcuadorAbstain
EgyptAbstain
EritreaAbstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Abstain
GambiaAbstain
GuineaAbstain
IraqAbstain
KazakhstanAbstain
KenyaAbstain
KuwaitAbstain
Lao People's Democratic RepublicAbstain
LesothoAbstain
MaliAbstain
MozambiqueAbstain
NamibiaAbstain
NigerAbstain
OmanAbstain
QatarAbstain
Saudi ArabiaAbstain
Sierra LeoneAbstain
SomaliaAbstain
TajikistanAbstain
UgandaAbstain
United Arab EmiratesAbstain
United Republic of TanzaniaAbstain
UzbekistanAbstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Abstain
Viet NamAbstain
YemenAbstain
Burkina FasoDid not vote
Equatorial GuineaDid not vote
MadagascarDid not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)Did not vote
RwandaDid not vote
Sao Tome and PrincipeDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
TongaDid not vote
TurkmenistanDid not vote
TuvaluDid not vote
VanuatuDid not vote

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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.