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title: "UN A/RES/72/59 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/59: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2017 — 123 in favour, 50 against, 10 abstaining. A/72/251 100a - Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons. - NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE--TREATIES (DRAFT)"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5601"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/59: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

123

67%

No

50

27%

Abstain

10

5%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 100a - Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons. - NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE--TREATIES (DRAFT)

### Notable abstentions

Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Japan, Mali, North Korea, Russia, Suriname, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/59](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/59)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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