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title: "UN R/14/585B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/14/585B: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1959 — 43 in favour, 10 against, 27 abstaining. TO ADOPT 7TH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4280), RECOGNIZING THE ANXIETY CAUSED BY THE CONTEMPLATED FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTS."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/587"
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# R/14/585B: FRANCE, NUCLEAR TESTING

Voted 1959-11-06 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

43

54%

No

10

13%

Abstain

27

34%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 7TH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4280), RECOGNIZING THE ANXIETY CAUSED BY THE CONTEMPLATED FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTS.

### Voted against

Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, France, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal, South Africa

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras

## Primary sources

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

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