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title: "UN A/RES/72/23 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/23: Disarmament. Adopted in 2017 — 180 in favour, 3 against, 0 abstaining. A/72/251 93 - Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : report of the Conference on Disarmament. - WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/23: Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : report of the Conference on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Disarmament

Yes

180

98%

No

3

2%

Abstain

0

0%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 93 - Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : report of the Conference on Disarmament. - WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

### Voted against

Israel, Ukraine, United States

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/23](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/23)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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