This is a list of United Nations General Assembly resolutions at the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Resolutions ResolutionPlenaryorCommitteeItem numberDateTopicApprove/Reject/AbstainNotesResolution documentA/RES/66/1 A Plenary3 (b) 16 September 2011APPROVED Credentials of representatives to the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly 114/17/15Debate over the inclusion of the National Transitional Council as Libya's representativeto the UN, passed with support from Chad, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran and Senegal, after doubts were raised by Angola, Bolivia, Cuba, Kenya, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Zambia. A/RES/66/1 B Plenary3 (b) 26 October 2011APPROVED Credentials of representatives to the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly without voteIntroduced by Panama as head of the Credentials Committee. A/RES/66/2 Plenary11719 September 2011APPROVED Political declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases without vote A/RES/66/3 Plenary67 (b) 22 September 2011APPROVED United against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance without voteIn commemoration of the Durban Conference. A/RES/66/4 Committee 5 (Administrative and Budgetary)13811 October 2011APPROVED Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations: requests under Article 19 of the Charter.without voteFailure of the Central African Republic, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe and Somalia to pay minimum dues but they were allowed to vote in the session as there were circumstances beyond their control. A/RES/66/5 Plenary11 (a)17 October 2011APPROVED Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic idealwithout voteIntroduced by Sebastian Coe of London 2012. A/RES/66/6 Plenary4125 October 2011APPROVED Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba 186/2/3Proposed by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla who said the United States had an "hostile and aggressive" for the last 50 years and had instead strengthened its "siege" in a "cruel and opportunistic" way against the principal of non-intervention. A/RES/66/7Plenary862 NovemberAPPROVED Report of the International Atomic Energy Agencywithout voteDiscussion was partaken by South Korea, Egypt, Nigeria, Iran, Sudan, Indonesia, Peru, Norway, Ethiopia, Libya, Syria and Malaysia; with the Right of Reply counter discussion by North Korea, South Korea and Japan. A/RES/66/8 Committee 5 (Administrative and Budgetary)13511 November 2011APPROVED Programme planning.without voteAlso filled vacancies on the Board of Auditors, Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, the Committee on Contributions, the Investments Committee, the Independent Audit Advisory Committee and United Nations Staff Pension Committee. A/RES/66/9 Plenary70 (a)11 November 2011APPROVED Emergency humanitarian assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.without voteIntroduced by El Salvador. A/RES/66/10 Plenary11818 November 2011APPROVED United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre.without voteBased at the UN headquarters and funded by Saudi Arabia, who introduced the measure, for three years; however, Syria then withdrew its support. Venezuela also spoke. It would operate under the secretary-general's auspices and within the Counter‑Terrorism Implementation Task Force, while funding would be voluntary. Syria retracted its support for the initiative that had been suggested by Saudi Arabia. The resolution established the centre to be based at the UN itself and under the direction of the secretary-general. Saudi Arabia would fund the institution for three years and it would be reviewed at the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. A/RES/66/11 Plenary12018 November 2011APPROVED Restoration of the rights of membership of Libya in the Human Rights Council.123/4/6The motion was rejected by Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela, with abstentions from Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Cuba and Vietnam. Over 50 states were absent for the vote. A/RES/66/12 Plenary11818 November 2011REJECTED Terrorist attacks on internationally protected persons. 11/96/43In regards to the 2011 alleged Iran assassination plot, Saudi Arabia, supported by the U.S., enacted a motion explicitly condemning Iran's alleged involvement in the plot. Iran proposed two separate amendments that would remove six paragraphs in reference to explicit reference to Iran and would amend one paragraph that would ensure the resolution does not consider issues between parties that acceded to the 1973 Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons as being outside the jurisdiction of the General Assembly. The first motion was supported by: Bolivia, Chad, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, El Salvador, Iran, Nicaragua, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela.A/RES/66/12 Plenary11818 November 2011REJECTED Terrorist attacks on internationally protected persons. 12/94/45(See above)The second motion was supported by: Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, El Salvador, Indonesia, Iran, Nicaragua, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela.A/RES/66/12 Plenary11818 November 2011APPROVED Terrorist attacks on internationally protected persons. 106/9/40The draft that passed called upon Iran, as obliged by the convention, to bring to justice those "planning, sponsoring, organis[ing]" the plot. Armenia, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Iran, North Korea, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Zambia voted against the resolution. A/RES/66/13 Plenary3821 November 2011APPROVED The situation in Afghanistan. without voteThe draft was introduced by Germany. This annual version since the War in Afghanistan featured: transition in the field of security, which were taking place "progressively" with Afghan control of 25% of the population and the hope of half the population soon after; a need for proper training for Afghan security forces, especially operational capabilities; empowerment of the Afghan people and its institutions, especially the role of women and civil society participation, with the goal of better employment prospects so as to reduce poverty; call for justice and the fight against impunity and corruption in order to further developmental objectives; illicit drugs undermined development of a format economic sector and result in funding for "terrorism;" welcomed the UNSC's decision to delineate differences between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban from its sanctions regime; the UN's role in the "Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process;" an emphasis on the regional role in stabilising Afghanistan, particularly in light of the Istanbul Conference; and the humanitarian situation's need for international attention and support, especially the burden of Afghanistan's neighbours, Iran and Pakistan, in hosting an innumerable number of refugees. A/RES/66/14 Plenary3730 November 2011APPROVED Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. 115/8/53In the context of the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on the "Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" the assembly passed a motion calling on the committee "exert all efforts to promote the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination, to support the Middle East peace process for the achievement of the two-State solution on the basis of the pre-1967 borders and the just resolution of all final status issues and to mobilize international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people." It also called for the committee to keep reviewing the situation in Palestine, to "continue to extend its cooperation and support to Palestinian and other civil society organizations," requests other UN organs to work with the committee, calls on all governments and organisation to work with the committee to realise its mandate and requests the secretary-general to circulate the committee's report to all the UN's organs, urging them to take action where appropriate and to continue providing the committee the facilities required to carry out its mandate. The motion was rejected by: Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Palau, United States. A/RES/66/15 Plenary3730 November 2011APPROVED Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat 114/9/54The motion recognised the work of the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat as "useful and constructive [in][ raising international awareness of the question of Palestine." It also requests the secretary-general to provide the necessary facilities for the division, calls on the division to continue to monitor the situation in regards to the Question of Palestine, calls on all governments and organisation to work with the division and "as part of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November, to continue to organize, under the guidance of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights or a cultural event in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine." The motion was rejected by: Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand Palau and the United States.A/RES/66/16 Plenary3730 November 2011APPROVED Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat 168/8/3In the context of the ICJ advisory opinion and mutual recognition of the PA and Israel the resolution called the programme's work integral in that it affords awareness on the Palestinian question. It called on the department to coordinate with the aforementioned committee, to disseminate information on its workings throughout the UN system, to "issue, update[, expand] and modernize publications" on the issue, to further raise general awareness of the issue, to foster media development within Palestinian society and "to formulate ways for the media and representatives of civil society to engage in open and positive discussions to explore means for encouraging people-to-people dialogue and promoting peace and mutual understanding in the region. The motion was rejected by: Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and the United States); there were also three abstentions: Cameroon, Honduras and Tonga.A/RES/66/17 Plenary3730 November 2011APPROVED Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine 167/7/4In the context of the ICJ opinion and the UN's responsibility to see the conflict resolved in a peaceful nature, the resolution also expressed concern for the wall being constructed in the West Bank by the "occupying power" and the Judaization of Jerusalem "including settlement construction and expansion, home demolitions, evictions of Palestinian residents, excavations in and around religious and historic sites, and all other unilateral measures aimed at altering the character, status and demographic composition." It also, notably, expressed "deep concern about the continuing Israeli policy of closures and