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title: "UN A/RES/72/39 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/39: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2017 — 137 in favour, 31 against, 16 abstaining. A/72/251 99q - Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments. - NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT--TREATY COMPLIANCE"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/39: Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

137

74%

No

31

17%

Abstain

16

9%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 99q - Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments. - NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT--TREATY COMPLIANCE

### Voted against

Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Korea, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Andorra, Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Japan, Micronesia (Federated States of), Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, South Korea, Ukraine

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/39](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/39)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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