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General Assembly | Human Rights Council | Commission on the Status of Women |
State | Number of GA Resolutions | Percentage of all Country-Specific Resolutions |
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Israel | 20 | 69% |
Syria | 3 | 10.3% |
Afghanistan | 1 | 3.4% |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1 | 3.4% |
Georgia | 1 | 3.4% |
Iran | 1 | 3.4% |
Russian Federation | 1 | 3.4% |
United States | 1 | 3.4% |
Total | 29 | 99.7% |
* The word "criticism" is taken to mean any suggestion, however weak, that a specific country is responsible for human rights violations. It does not imply an equally negative condemnation of the states listed.
State | Date Adopted | Symbol No. | Originating Committee | Title of Resolution | Vote Tally | |
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1 | Israel | Dec. 21, 2016 | A/RES/71/247 | 2nd | Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources | 168–7-11 168 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 11 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu) |
2 | Israel | Dec. 21, 2016 | A/RES/71/218 | 2nd | Oil slick on Lebanese shores | 166-8-7 166 in favor, 8 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 10 abstentions (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, South Sudan, Tonga, Vanuatu) |
3 | Israel | Dec. 19, 2016 | A/RES/71/184 | 3rd | The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | 177-7-4 177 in favor, to 7 against (Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, United States), with 4 abstentions (Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, South Sudan, Tonga). |
4 | Israel | Dec. 8, 2016 | A/RES/71/126 | Plenary | Assistance to the Palestinian people | Adopted without a vote |
5 | Israel | Dec. 6, 2016 | A/RES/71/99 | 4th | The occupied Syrian Golan | 163-1-15 163 in favor, 1 against (Israel), 15 abstentions (Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Cote D'Ivoire, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo, Tonga, United States, Vanuatu) |
6 | Israel | Dec. 6, 2016 | A/RES/71/98 | 4th | Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem | 162-7-8 162 in favor, 7 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 8 abstentions (Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Honduras, Malawi, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo, Vanuatu) |
7 | Israel | Dec. 6, 2016 | A/RES/71/97 | 4th | Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan | 165 in favor, 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 7 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Honduras, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo) |
8 | Israel | Dec. 6, 2016 | A/RES/71/96 | 4th | 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 | 168-6-6 168 in favor, 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 6 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo) |
9 | Israel | Dec. 6, 2016 | A/RES/71/95 | 4th | Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories | 91-11-73 91 in favor, 11 against (Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, South Sudan, United States), 73 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu) |
10 | Israel | Dec. 6, 2016 | A/RES/71/94 | 4th | Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues | 165-7-5 165 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, South Sudan, United States), 5 abstentions (Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Honduras, Paraguay, Togo) |
11 | Israel | Dec. 6, 2016 | A/RES/71/93 | 4th | Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East | 167-6-5 167 in favor, 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, United States), 5 abstentions (Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nauru, Paraguay, South Sudan) |
12 | Israel | Dec. 6, 2016 | A/RES/71/92 | 4th | Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities | 166-6-6 166 in favor, 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 6 abstentions (Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Honduras, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo) |
13 | Israel | Dec. 6, 2016 | A/RES/71/91 | 4th | Assistance to Palestine Refugees | 167-1-9 167 in favor, 1 against (Israel), 9 abstentions (Cameroon, Canada, Marshall islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Paraguay, South Sudan, United States) |
14 | Israel | Dec. 5, 2016 | A/RES/71/83 | 1st | The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East | 157-5-22 157 in favor, 5 against (Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 22 abstentions (Australia, Belgium, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Monaco, Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Romania, South Sudan, United Kingdom) |
15 | Israel | Nov. 30, 2016 | A/RES/71/24 | Plenary | The Syrian Golan | 103-6-56 103 in favor, 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 56 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the FYR of Macedonia, Togo, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vanuatu) |
16 | Israel | Nov. 30, 2016 | A/RES/71/25 | Plenary | Jerusalem | 149-7-8 149 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 8 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Vanuatu) |
17 | Israel | Nov. 30, 2016 | A/RES/71/23 | Plenary | Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine | 153-7-7 153 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 7 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, Vanuatu) |
18 | Israel | Nov. 30, 2016 | A/RES/71/22 | Plenary | Special Information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat | 153-7-7 153 in favor, 7 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 7 abstentions (Cameroon, Honduras, Nauru, Paraguay, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu) |
19 | Israel | Nov. 30, 2016 | A/RES/71/21 | Plenary | Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat | 98-9-57 98 in favor, 9 against (Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 57 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Columbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, FYR of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vanuatu) |
20 | Israel | Nov. 30, 2016 | A/RES/71/20 | Plenary | Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People | 100-9-55 100 in favor, 9 against (Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 55 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Columbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, FYR of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vanuatu) |
1 | Afghanistan | Nov. 17, 2016 | A/RES/71/9 | Plenary | The Situation in Afghanistan | Adopted without a vote |
2 | DPRK (North Korea) | Dec. 19, 2016 | A/RES/71/202 | 3rd | Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Adopted without a vote |
3 | Georgia | June 7, 2016 | A/RES/70/265 | Plenary | Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia | 76-15-64 76 in favor, 15 against (Armenia, Belarus, Burundi, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nauru, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe), 64 abstentions (Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Serbia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia) |
4 | Iran | Dec. 19, 2016 | A/RES/71/204 | 3rd | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | 85-35-63 85 in favor, 35 against (Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Brunei Darussalam, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe), 63 abstentions (Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Zambia) |
5 | Russian Federation | Dec. 19, 2016 | A/RES/71/205 | 3rd | Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) | 70-26-77 70 in favor, 26 against (Angola, Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Eritrea, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Philippines, Russian Federation, Serbia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe), 77 abstentions (Algeria, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vietnam, Zambia) |
6 | Syria | Dec. 21, 2016 | A/RES/71/248 | Plenary | International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 | 105-15-52 105 in favor, 15 against (Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Venezuela, Zimbabwe), 52 abstentions (Antigua-Barbuda, Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Colombia, Congo, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vietnam) |
7 | Syria | Dec. 19, 2016 | A/RES/71/203 | 3rd | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | 116-16-52 116 in favor, 16 against (Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Iraq, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe), 52 abstentions (Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vietnam, Zambia) |
8 | Syria | Dec. 9, 2016 | A/RES/71/130 | Plenary | The Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic | 122-13-36 122 in favor, 13 against (Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Venezuela, Zimbabwe), 36 abstentions (Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vietnam) |
9 | USA | Oct. 26, 2016 | A/RES/71/5 | Plenary | Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba | 191-0-2 191 in favor, 0 against, 2 abstentions (Israel and United States), |