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title: "UN R/60/72 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/60/72: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2005 — 78 in favour, 56 against, 27 abstaining. The Acting President: Draft resolution XVII is entitled _Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them<d3>. The First Committee adopted draft resolution XVII without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same? Draft resolution XVII was adopted (resolution 60/71). The Acting President: Draft resolution XVIII is entitled _Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Review Conferences of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons<d3>. A separate vote has been r…"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5760"
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# R/60/72: nan

Voted 2005-12-08 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

78

48%

No

56

35%

Abstain

27

17%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President: Draft resolution XVII is entitled \_Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them\<d3>. The First Committee adopted draft resolution XVII without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same? Draft resolution XVII was adopted (resolution 60/71). The Acting President: Draft resolution XVIII is entitled \_Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Review Conferences of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons\<d3>. A separate vote has been r…

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burundi, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras

## Primary sources

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

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