A/RES/75/277

The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 75
Date: 2021-05-18
Meeting record: A/75/PV.66
Draft: A/75/L.82|A/75/L.82/Add.1
Agenda item(s): The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

Tally

Yes 115No 15Abstain 28Did not vote 35

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/75/277
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Cabo Verde	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
North Macedonia	Yes
Norway	Yes
Oman	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Belarus	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	No
Burundi	No
China	No
Cuba	No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No
Egypt	No
Eritrea	No
Indonesia	No
Kyrgyzstan	No
Nicaragua	No
Russian Federation	No
Syrian Arab Republic	No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	No
Zimbabwe	No
Algeria	Abstain
Angola	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
India	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Libya	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Sao Tome and Principe	Abstain
Serbia	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Did not vote
Barbados	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Benin	Did not vote
Burkina Faso	Did not vote
Cambodia	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Congo	Did not vote
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
Eswatini	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Guinea	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Jordan	Did not vote
Lesotho	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Mozambique	Did not vote
Myanmar	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Saint Lucia	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Sudan	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
Uganda	Did not vote
United Republic of Tanzania	Did not vote
Vanuatu	Did not vote
Zambia	Did not vote

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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.