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title: "UN A/RES/72/37 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/37: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2017 — 130 in favour, 36 against, 15 abstaining. A/72/251 99gg - Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world. - NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/37: Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

130

72%

No

36

20%

Abstain

15

8%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 99gg - Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world. - NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES

### Voted against

Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Andorra, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Japan, Mali, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/37](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/37)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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