--- title: "UN R/57/73 Vote | Model Diplomat" description: "R/57/73: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2002 — 151 in favour, 2 against, 8 abstaining. The Acting President: Draft resolution P is entitled _Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas. Members will recall that the representative of Brazil has submitted an oral amendment to the third preambular paragraph of draft resolution P and an oral amendment to operative paragraph 2 of the same draft resolution. 14 In accordance with rule 90 of the rules of procedure, the Assembly shall first take a decision on each of the oral amendments to draft resolution P. May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt the oral amendment to the third preambular paragraph of draft…" url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5697" --- [New](https://modeldiplomat.com/) UN vote · # R/57/73: nan Voted 2002-11-22 · Nuclear weapons Yes 151 94% No 2 1% Abstain 8 5% Absent 0 0% ## Summary The Acting President: Draft resolution P is entitled \_Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas\. Members will recall that the representative of Brazil has submitted an oral amendment to the third preambular paragraph of draft resolution P and an oral amendment to operative paragraph 2 of the same draft resolution. 14 In accordance with rule 90 of the rules of procedure, the Assembly shall first take a decision on each of the oral amendments to draft resolution P. May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt the oral amendment to the third preambular paragraph of draft… ### Voted against India, Pakistan ### Notable abstentions Cuba, France, Israel, Mauritius, Myanmar (Burma), Russia, United Kingdom, United States ## Primary sources - [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ) [Ask a follow-up about this vote →](https://modeldiplomat.com/search?q=UN%20resolution%20R%2F57%2F73%20nan)