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description: "R/57/85: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2002 — 161 in favour, 4 against, 1 abstaining. The Acting President: Draft resolution BB is entitled _Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 1 of draft resolution BB. If there is no objection, I shall first put to the vote operative paragraph 1 of draft resolution BB, on which a separate, recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/57/85: nan

Voted 2002-11-22 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

161

97%

No

4

2%

Abstain

1

1%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President: Draft resolution BB is entitled \_Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons\<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 1 of draft resolution BB. If there is no objection, I shall first put to the vote operative paragraph 1 of draft resolution BB, on which a separate, recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

France, Israel, Russia, United States

### Notable abstentions

United Kingdom

## Primary sources

- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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