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title: "UN A/RES/72/72 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/72: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2017 — 126 in favour, 1 against, 3 abstaining. A/72/251 77b - Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments. - STRADDLING FISH STOCKS"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/72: Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instrum…

Voted 2017-12-05 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

126

97%

No

1

1%

Abstain

3

2%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 77b - Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments. - STRADDLING FISH STOCKS

### Voted against

United States

### Notable abstentions

El Salvador, Turkey, Venezuela

## Primary sources

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

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