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title: "UN A/RES/72/38 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/38: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2017 — 119 in favour, 41 against, 20 abstaining. A/72/251 99b - Nuclear disarmament. - NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5595"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/38: Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

119

66%

No

41

23%

Abstain

20

11%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 99b - Nuclear disarmament. - NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

### Notable abstentions

Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Cyprus, India, Ireland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Moldova, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/38](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/38)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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