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title: "UN A/RES/72/44 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/44: Disarmament. Adopted in 2017 — 155 in favour, 0 against, 29 abstaining. A/72/251 99x - The Arms Trade Treaty. - ARMS TRANSFERS--INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5608"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/44: The Arms Trade Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Disarmament

Yes

155

84%

No

0

0%

Abstain

29

16%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 99x - The Arms Trade Treaty. - ARMS TRANSFERS--INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

### Notable abstentions

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Eswatini, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Laos, Nicaragua

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/44](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/44)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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