--- title: "UN R/63/240 Vote | Model Diplomat" description: "R/63/240: Disarmament. Adopted in 2008 — 129 in favour, 1 against, 19 abstaining. The President (spoke in Spanish): The Assembly will resume consideration of the report of the First Committee on agenda item 89, entitled _General and complete disarmament in order to take action on draft resolution XXV recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 86 of its report (A/63/389). The report of the Fifth Committee on the programme budget implications of draft resolution XXV is contained in document A/63/650. We will now take a decision on draft resolution XXV. Draft resolution XXV is entitled _Towards an arms trade treaty: establishing common international standards for the…" url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5842" --- [New](https://modeldiplomat.com/) UN vote · # R/63/240: nan Voted 2008-12-24 · Disarmament Yes 129 87% No 1 1% Abstain 19 13% Absent 0 0% ## Summary The President (spoke in Spanish): The Assembly will resume consideration of the report of the First Committee on agenda item 89, entitled \_General and complete disarmament\ in order to take action on draft resolution XXV recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 86 of its report (A/63/389). The report of the Fifth Committee on the programme budget implications of draft resolution XXV is contained in document A/63/650. We will now take a decision on draft resolution XXV. Draft resolution XXV is entitled \_Towards an arms trade treaty: establishing common international standards for the… ### Voted against United States ### Notable abstentions Bahrain, Belarus, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan ## 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%2F63%2F240%20nan)