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title: "UN A/RES/72/48 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/48: Disarmament. Adopted in 2017 — 130 in favour, 4 against, 51 abstaining. A/72/251 99r - Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation. - MULTILATERALISM--DISARMAMENT"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5598"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/48: Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Disarmament

Yes

130

70%

No

4

2%

Abstain

51

28%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 99r - Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation. - MULTILATERALISM--DISARMAMENT

### Voted against

Israel, Micronesia (Federated States of), United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/48](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/48)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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