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title: "UN A/RES/72/31 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/31: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2017 — 125 in favour, 39 against, 14 abstaining. A/72/251 99bb - Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations. - NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/31: Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

125

70%

No

39

22%

Abstain

14

8%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 99bb - Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations. - NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Finland, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Nicaragua, North Korea, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/31](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/31)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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