A/RES/72/246

Effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 72
Date: 2017-12-24
Committee report: A/72/439/Add.2
Meeting record: A/72/PV.76
Draft: A/C.3/72/L.49/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 95No 1Abstain 58Did not vote 39

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/72/246
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Israel	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
South Africa	No
Albania	Abstain
Andorra	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Belgium	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Croatia	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
France	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Greece	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liechtenstein	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Mexico	Abstain
Monaco	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Montenegro	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Peru	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
San Marino	Abstain
Serbia	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Spain	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Switzerland	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Uruguay	Abstain
Belize	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Fiji	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Haiti	Did not vote
Kenya	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Madagascar	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Papua New Guinea	Did not vote
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Did not vote
Samoa	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Sudan	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Did not vote
Zambia	Did not vote

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Topics

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Counter-terrorism · r-th-ct

UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT
TERRORISM--HUMAN RIGHTS

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.