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description: "A/RES/72/21: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2017 — 132 in favour, 3 against, 46 abstaining. A/72/251 91 - Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace. - ZONE OF PEACE--INDIAN OCEAN"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/21: Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

132

73%

No

3

2%

Abstain

46

25%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 91 - Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace. - ZONE OF PEACE--INDIAN OCEAN

### Voted against

France, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/21](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/21)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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