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description: "R/63/65: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2008 — 169 in favour, 2 against, 9 abstaining. The Acting President (spoke in Spanish): We shall now take a decision on draft resolution XXVI, entitled _Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 6. Are there any objections to this request? As there are none, we shall now take a vote on operative paragraph 6 of draft resolution XXVI, on which a recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/63/65: nan

Voted 2008-12-02 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

169

94%

No

2

1%

Abstain

9

5%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President (spoke in Spanish): We shall now take a decision on draft resolution XXVI, entitled \_Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas\<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 6. Are there any objections to this request? As there are none, we shall now take a vote on operative paragraph 6 of draft resolution XXVI, on which a recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

India, Pakistan

### Notable abstentions

Bahrain, Bhutan, France, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

## Primary sources

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

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