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title: "UN R/61/72 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/61/72: Disarmament. Adopted in 2006 — 172 in favour, 2 against, 0 abstaining. The Acting President: Draft resolution XIII 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 XIII without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same? Draft resolution XIII was adopted (resolution 61/71). The Acting President: Draft resolution XIV is entitled _Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 7 of draft resolution XIV. As there is no objectio…"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5786"
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# R/61/72: nan

Voted 2006-12-06 · Disarmament

Yes

172

99%

No

2

1%

Abstain

0

0%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President: Draft resolution XIII 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 XIII without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same? Draft resolution XIII was adopted (resolution 61/71). The Acting President: Draft resolution XIV is entitled \_Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus\<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 7 of draft resolution XIV. As there is no objectio…

### Voted against

Japan, United States

## Primary sources

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

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