A/RES/70/173

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : 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.45
Agenda item(s): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

Tally

Yes 81No 37Abstain 67Did not vote 8

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/70/173
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominica	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Montenegro	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
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Serbia	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Sudan	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Afghanistan	No
Algeria	No
Armenia	No
Bangladesh	No
Belarus	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	No
Brunei Darussalam	No
Burundi	No
Cambodia	No
China	No
Comoros	No
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Ecuador	No
Egypt	No
Eritrea	No
India	No
Indonesia	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Iraq	No
Kazakhstan	No
Kyrgyzstan	No
Lebanon	No
Myanmar	No
Nicaragua	No
Oman	No
Pakistan	No
Russian Federation	No
South Africa	No
Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Tajikistan	No
Turkmenistan	No
Uzbekistan	No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	No
Viet Nam	No
Zimbabwe	No
Angola	Abstain
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Brazil	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Ghana	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tonga	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Georgia	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Did not vote

Download this roll call: CSV · JSON · API, licence and how to cite

Topics

Assigned automatically by keyword rules, not by the UN. Rule ids are shown for audit.

Middle East · r-me-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
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.