A/RES/70/172

Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 70
Date: 2015-12-17
Committee report: A/70/489/Add.3
Meeting record: A/70/PV.80
Draft: A/C.3/70/L.35
Agenda item(s): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

Tally

Yes 119No 19Abstain 48Did not vote 7

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/70/172
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominica	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Serbia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
South Sudan	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tonga	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Algeria	No
Belarus	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	No
Burundi	No
China	No
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Egypt	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Lao People's Democratic Republic	No
Myanmar	No
Oman	No
Russian Federation	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Uzbekistan	No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	No
Viet Nam	No
Zimbabwe	No
Angola	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Eritrea	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Turkmenistan	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote

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Topics

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Asia and Pacific · r-as-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS

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.