UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2025-12-18
Promotion and protection of human rights in the context of digital technologies
A/RES/80/215 · Adopted 18 December 2025
Urge governments to protect human rights as digital technologies spread.
Corrected edition: the country selections were rechecked against the official recorded vote. The resolution addresses human rights in the development and use of digital technologies. It asks governments and others to uphold existing rights as technology changes. The General Assembly adopted it on 18 December 2025 by 174 votes to 3, with 4 abstentions. This board selects eight recorded country votes; the record does not explain why any country voted as it did.
Overall recorded result
- For
- 174
- Against
- 3
- Abstain
- 4
These are totals for the full recorded vote. The country table below shows only the eight countries in our puzzle dataset. An absent country is not counted as abstaining.
Selected countries at a glance
For the eight countries in our puzzle dataset:
- FOR: India, United Kingdom, China
- AGAINST: Argentina, Paraguay, United States
- ABSTAIN: Russia, Israel
Eight recorded country votes
These eight countries are the selected Eight Votes challenge, not the complete UN voting roster. The vote alone does not establish a government’s motive or its position on the broader subject.
| Country | Recorded vote |
|---|---|
| Argentina | AGAINST |
| China | FOR |
| India | FOR |
| Israel | ABSTAIN |
| Paraguay | AGAINST |
| Russia | ABSTAIN |
| United Kingdom | FOR |
| United States | AGAINST |
Source and context
UN recorded plenary vote ↗ (external source)
Resolution A/RES/80/215 ↗ (external source)
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