A/RES/71/248

International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 71
Date: 2016-12-21
Meeting record: A/71/PV.66
Draft: A/71/L.48|A/71/L.48/Add.1
Agenda item(s): Prevention of armed conflict.

Tally

Yes 105No 15Abstain 52Did not vote 21

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/71/248
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Canada	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	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
Oman	Yes
Palau	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Tonga	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Algeria	No
Belarus	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	No
Burundi	No
China	No
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	No
Kyrgyzstan	No
Nicaragua	No
Russian Federation	No
South Sudan	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	No
Zimbabwe	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Cambodia	Abstain
Colombia	Abstain
Congo	Abstain
Dominica	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guinea	Abstain
Guinea-Bissau	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritius	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Paraguay	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Serbia	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Angola	Did not vote
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Israel	Did not vote
Libya	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote

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Topics

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Middle East · r-me-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

ARMED CONFLICTS PREVENTION

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.