Appendix F: 61st Session UN Commission on Human Rights Voting Record

Year/ Resolution	Resolution Title	Method of Adoption[1]	Agenda Item
2005/1	Situation in occupied Palestine	49-1(US)-2	5
2005/2	The use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination	35-15(US)-2	5
2005/3	Combating defamation of religions	31-16(US)-5	6
2005/4	The right to development	48-2(US)-2	7
2005/5	Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance	46-0-4(US)	6
2005/6	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Arab Territory, including East Jerusalem and the occupied Syrian Golan	39-2(US)-12	8
2005/7	Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	29-10(US) 14	8
2005/8	Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan	32-2(US)-19	8
2005/9	Cooperation with representatives of UN human rights bodies	Without a vote	9
2005/10	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	Without a vote	9
2005/11	Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	30-(US)-9-14	9
2005/12	Situation of human rights in Cuba	21(US)-17-15	9
2005/13	Situation of human rights in Belarus	23 (US)-16-14	9
2005/14	Human rights and unilateral coercive measures	37-14(US)-2	10
2005/15	Adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights	37-13(US)-2	10
2005/16	Human rights and extreme poverty	Without a vote	10
2005/17	Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights	38-15(US)-0	10
2005/18	The right to food	52-1(US)-0	10
2005/19	Effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights	33-14(US)-6	10
2005/20	Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for different cultural identities	29-1(US)-13	10
2005/21	The right to education	Without a vote	10
2005/22	Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights	50-0-3(US)	10
2005/23	Access to medication in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria	Without a vote	10
2005/24	The right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest standard of physical and mental health	52-1(US)-0	10
2005/25	Women’s equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing	Without a vote	10
2005/26	Human rights and forensic science	Without a vote	11
2005/27	Enforced or involuntary disappearances	Without a vote	11
2005/28	Arbitrary detention	Without a vote	11
2005/29	Strengthening of popular participation, equity, social justice and non-discrimination as essential foundations of democracy	28-14(US)-11	11
2005/30	Integrity of the judicial system	52-0-1(US)	11
2005/31	Hostage-taking	Without a vote	11
2005/32	Democracy and the rule of law	46(US)-0-7	11
2005/33	Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors and the independence of lawyers	Without a vote	11
2005/34	Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions	36-0-17(US)	11
2005/35	Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law	40-0-13(US)	11
2005/36	The incompatibility between democracy and racism	Without a vote	11
2005/37	Promoting the right to peaceful assembly and association	45(US)-0-8	11
2005/38	The right to freedom of opinion and expression	Without a vote	11
2005/39	Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment	Without a vote	11
2005/40	Elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief	Without a vote	11
2005/41	Elimination of violence against women	Without a vote	12
2005/42	Integrating the human rights of women throughout the UN System	Without a vote	12
2005/43	Abduction of children in Africa	Without a vote	13
2005/44	Rights of the child	52-1(US)-0	13
2005/45	Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality	Without a vote	14
2005/46	Internally displaced persons	Without a vote	14
2005/47	Human rights of migrants	Without a vote	14
2005/48	Human rights and mass exoduses	Without a vote	14
2005/49	Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights	39-13(US)-0	15
2005/50	Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994	52-0-1(US)	15
2005/51	Human rights and indigenous issues	Without a vote	15
2005/52	Protection of indigenous peoples in times of conflict	35-13(US)-4	15
2005/53	Sub-commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights	Without a vote	16
2005/54	Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights	Without a vote	17
2005/55	Human rights and international solidarity	37-15(US)-1	17
2005/56	Promotion of peace as vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all	32-15(US)-6	17
2005/57	Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order	32-15(US)-6	17
2005/58	The development of public information activities in the field of human rights, including the World Public Information Campaign on Human Rights	Without a vote	17
2005/59	The question of the death penalty	26-17(US)-10	17
2005/60	Human rights and the environment as part of sustainable development	Without a vote	17
2005/61	World Programme for Human Rights Education	Without a vote	17
2005/62	Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	Without a vote	17
2005/63	Protection of the human rights of civilians in armed conflicts	51-1(US)-1	17
2005/64	World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action	38-1(US)-14	6
2005/65	Human rights of persons with disabilities	Without a vote	14
2005/66	The right to the truth	Without a vote	17
2005/67	Human rights defenders	Without a vote	17
2005/68	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	Without a vote	17
2005/69	Human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	49-3(US)-1	10
2005/70	Human rights and transitional justice	Without a vote	17
2005/71	Regional cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asian Pacific Region	Without a vote	18
2005/72	Composition of the staff of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights	36-15(US)-2	18
2005/73	Regional Arrangements for Human Rights	Without a vote	18
2005/74	National Institutions	Without a vote	18
2005/75	Advisory services and technical assistance in Burundi	Without a vote	19
2005/76	Assistance to Sierra Leone in the field of human rights	Without a vote	19
2005/77	Technical cooperation and advisory services in Cambodia	Without a vote	19
2005/78	Technical cooperation and advisory services in Nepal	Without a vote	19
2005/79	Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities	Without a vote	14
2005/80	Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism	Without a vote	11
2005/81	Impunity	Without a vote	17
2005/82	Situation of human rights in Sudan	Without a vote	19
2005/83	Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights	Without a vote	19
2005/84	The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)	Without a vote	14
2005/85	Technical cooperation and advisory services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Without a vote	19