A/RES/72/248

Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 72
Date: 2017-12-24
Committee report: A/72/439/Add.3
Meeting record: A/72/PV.76
Draft: A/C.3/72/L.48
Agenda item(s): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.

Tally

Yes 122No 10Abstain 24Did not vote 37

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/72/248
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Libya	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Belarus	No
Cambodia	No
China	No
Lao People's Democratic Republic	No
Myanmar	No
Philippines	No
Russian Federation	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Viet Nam	No
Zimbabwe	No
Bhutan	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Dominican Republic	Abstain
Ecuador	Abstain
Equatorial Guinea	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
India	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lesotho	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
South Africa	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Timor-Leste	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Abstain
Armenia	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Did not vote
Burundi	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Cuba	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Eritrea	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
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Nicaragua	Did not vote
Niger	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
Serbia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Sudan	Did not vote
Suriname	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Zambia	Did not vote

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Topics

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Asia and Pacific · r-as-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--MYANMAR
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.