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title: "UN A/RES/72/58 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/58: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2017 — 131 in favour, 31 against, 18 abstaining. A/72/251 99k - Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons. - NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE--ICJ OPINION"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/58: Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

131

73%

No

31

17%

Abstain

18

10%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 99k - Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons. - NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE--ICJ OPINION

### Voted against

Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Andorra, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, India, Japan, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Moldova, North Macedonia, Rwanda

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/58](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/58)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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