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title: "UN A/RES/72/67 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/67: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2017 — 157 in favour, 5 against, 20 abstaining. A/72/251 102 - The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. - NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION--MIDDLE EAST"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/67: The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

157

86%

No

5

3%

Abstain

20

11%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 102 - The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. - NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION--MIDDLE EAST

### Voted against

Canada, Israel, Micronesia (Federated States of), Palau, United States

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Belgium, Cameroon, Czechia, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/67](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/67)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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