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title: "UN A/RES/72/45 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/45: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2017 — 149 in favour, 5 against, 29 abstaining. A/72/251 99i - Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas. - NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE--SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5606"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/45: Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

149

81%

No

5

3%

Abstain

29

16%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 99i - Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas. - NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE--SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

### Voted against

France, Greece, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/45](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/45)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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