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A/RES/72/85

Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 72
Date
2017-12-07
Committee report
A/72/448
Meeting record
A/72/PV.66
Draft
A/C.4/72/L.22
Agenda item(s)
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories.

Tally

Yes 157No 7Abstain 10Did not vote 19

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'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/72/85
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AndorraYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
ArgentinaYes
ArmeniaYes
AustriaYes
AzerbaijanYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BelgiumYes
BelizeYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Yes
Bosnia and HerzegovinaYes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo VerdeYes
CambodiaYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CroatiaYes
CubaYes
CyprusYes
CzechiaYes
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaYes
DenmarkYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EritreaYes
EstoniaYes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GambiaYes
GeorgiaYes
GermanyYes
GreeceYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
IrelandYes
ItalyYes
JamaicaYes
JapanYes
JordanYes
KazakhstanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
KyrgyzstanYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LatviaYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LibyaYes
LiechtensteinYes
LithuaniaYes
LuxembourgYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MonacoYes
MongoliaYes
MontenegroYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
NamibiaYes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigeriaYes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)Yes
NorwayYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
PolandYes
PortugalYes
QatarYes
Republic of KoreaYes
Republic of MoldovaYes
RomaniaYes
Russian FederationYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
San MarinoYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
SerbiaYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
SlovakiaYes
SloveniaYes
South AfricaYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
SwedenYes
SwitzerlandYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
TajikistanYes
ThailandYes
Timor-LesteYes
TongaYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
TurkmenistanYes
TuvaluYes
UgandaYes
UkraineYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United KingdomYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
UzbekistanYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
CanadaNo
IsraelNo
Marshall IslandsNo
Micronesia (Federated States of)No
Naoero (as “NAURU”)No
PalauNo
United StatesNo
AustraliaAbstain
CameroonAbstain
GuatemalaAbstain
Papua New GuineaAbstain
ParaguayAbstain
RwandaAbstain
Solomon IslandsAbstain
South SudanAbstain
TogoAbstain
VanuatuAbstain
BeninDid not vote
ChadDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
Democratic Republic of the CongoDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Did not vote
GhanaDid not vote
GrenadaDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
HaitiDid not vote
KiribatiDid not vote
LiberiaDid not vote
MadagascarDid not vote
MalawiDid not vote
MyanmarDid not vote
NigerDid not vote
Sao Tome and PrincipeDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
SomaliaDid not vote

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Topics

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Humanitarian and protection · r-th-humMiddle East · r-me-1

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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.