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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 | 74% |
Afghanistan | 1 | 3.7% |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1 | 3.7% |
Georgia | 1 | 3.7% |
Iran | 1 | 3.7% |
Myanmar/Burma | 1 | 3.7% |
Syria | 1 | 3.7% |
United States | 1 | 3.7% |
Total | 27 | 99.9% |
* 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 | December 22, 2015 | A/RES/70/225 | 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 | 164–5-10 164 in favor, 5 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, United States), 10 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu) |
2 | Israel | December 22, 2015 | A/RES/70/194 | 2nd | Oil slick on Lebanese shores | 171-6-3 171 in favor, 6 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, United States), 3 abstentions (Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, Tonga) |
3 | Israel | December 17, 2015 | A/RES/70/141 | 3rd | The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | 177-7-4 177 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 4 abstentions (Cameroon, Honduras, South Sudan, Tonga) |
4 | Israel | December 10, 2015 | A/RES/70/108 | Plenary | Assistance to the Palestinian people | Adopted without a vote |
5 | Israel | December 9, 2015 | A/RES/70/91 | 4th | The occupied Syrian Golan | 160-1-16 160 in favor,1 against (Israel), 16 abstentions (Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Paraguay, Togo, Tonga, United States, Vanuatu) |
6 | Israel | December 9, 2015 | A/RES/70/90 | 4th | Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem | 158-8-10 158 in favor, 8 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 10 abstentions (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Malawi, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu) |
7 | Israel | December 9, 2015 | A/RES/70/89 | 4th | Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan | 161-7-8 161 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 8 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Honduras, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu) |
8 | Israel | December 9, 2015 | A/RES/70/88 | 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 | 163-6-8 163 in favor, 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 8 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu) |
9 | Israel | December 9, 2015 | A/RES/70/87 | 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 | 92-9-75 92 in favor, 9 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Panama, United States), 75 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, 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 | December 9, 2015 | A/RES/70/86 | 4th | Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues | 167-7-4 167 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 4 abstentions (Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Paraguay, Vanuatu) |
11 | Israel | December 9, 2015 | A/RES/70/85 | 4th | Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East | 169-6-5 169 in favor,6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 5 abstentions ( Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nauru, Paraguay, Vanuatu) |
12 | Israel | December 9, 2015 | A/RES/70/84 | 4th | Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities | 164-7-7 164 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 7 abstentions ( Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Paraguay) |
13 | Israel | December 9, 2015 | A/RES/70/83 | 4th | Assistance to Palestine Refugees | 167-1-11 167 in favor, 1 against (Israel), 11 abstentions (Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Paraguay, United States, Vanuatu) |
14 | Israel | December 7, 2015 | A/RES/70/70 | 1st | The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East | 157-5-20 157 in favor, 5 against (Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Panama, United States), 20 abstentions (Australia, Belgium, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, India, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Rwanda, Swaziland, United Kingdom) |
15 | Israel | November 24, 2015 | A/RES/70/17 | Plenary | Syrian Golan | 105-6-56 105 in favor, 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 56 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom) |
16 | Israel | November 24, 2015 | A/RES/70/16 | Plenary | Jerusalem | 153-7-8 153 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 8 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Sudan, Toga, Tonga) |
17 | Israel | November 24, 2015 | A/RES/70/15 | Plenary | Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine | 155-7-7 155 in favor, 7 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 7 abstentions (Cameroon, Honduras, Nauru, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo, Tonga) |
18 | Israel | November 24, 2015 | A/RES/70/14 | Plenary | Special Information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat | 155-7-7 155 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 7 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Sudan, Tonga) |
19 | Israel | November 24, 2015 | A/RES/70/13 | Plenary | Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat | 99-8-59 99 in favor, 8 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 59 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom) |
20 | Israel | November 24, 2015 | A/RES/70/12 | Plenary | Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People | 102-8-57 102 in favor, 8 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 57 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom) |
1 | Afghanistan | December 9, 2015 | A/RES/70/77 | Plenary | The Situation in Afghanistan | Adopted without a vote |
2 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | December 17, 2015 | A/RES/70/172 | 3rd | Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 119-19-48 119 in favor, 19 against (Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Egypt, Iran, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Oman, Russia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe), 48 abstentions (Angola, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia) |
3 | Georgia | June 3, 2015 | A/RES/69/286 | Plenary | Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia | 75-16-78 75 in favor,16 against (Armenia, Belarus, Burundi, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Myanmar, Nauru, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Zimbabwe), 78 abstentions (Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus,Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran,Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanatua) |
4 | Iran | December 17, 2015 | A/RES/70/173 | 3rd | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | 81-37-67 81 in favor,37 against (Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Brunei, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe), 67 abstentions (Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Yemen, Zambia) |
5 | Myanmar (Burma) | December 23, 2015 | A/RES/70/233 | 3rd | Situation of human rights in Myanmar | Adopted without a vote |
6 | Syria | December 23, 2015 | A/RES/70/234 | 3rd | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | 104-13-37 104 in favor, 13 against (Algeria, Bolivia, Burundi, China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela), 37 abstentions (Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Central African Republic, Congo, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Greece, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Singapore, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe) |
7 | United States | October 27, 2015 | A/RES/70/5 | Plenary | Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba | 191-2-0 191 in favor, 2 against (Israel and United States), 0 abstentions |