World map with countries highlighted in different colours to show their status of support for the 38th special session of the UN Human Rights Council on Sudan on 14 November 2025. As members of the UN Human Rights Council, which requested the special session, the following 23 countries are marked in dark green: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia, Dominican Republic, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Republic of Korea, Romania, South Africa, Spain and Switzerland. The following 24 current Council members did not co-sponsor the session: Algeria, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Kuwait, Malawi, Maldives, Morocco, Marshall Islands, Qatar, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam. The following 31 states, which are not members of the Council, co-sponsored the meeting: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay. They are coloured light green.
About this series
The "Map of the Month", a new series of the Multilateral Dialogue Geneva of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, uses maps to illustrate global trends and the role of Germany and Europe in the world on a monthly basis.
