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title: "UN R/14/585C Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/14/585C: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1959 — 35 in favour, 29 against, 16 abstaining. TO ADOPT 8TH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4280), BEARING IN MIND THAT FRANCE CANNOT PROTECT THE AFRICAN STATES THREATENED BY THE DANGERS OF HER NUCLEAR TESTS."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/588"
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# R/14/585C: FRANCE, NUCLEAR TESTING

Voted 1959-11-06 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

35

44%

No

29

36%

Abstain

16

20%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 8TH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH OF 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4280), BEARING IN MIND THAT FRANCE CANNOT PROTECT THE AFRICAN STATES THREATENED BY THE DANGERS OF HER NUCLEAR TESTS.

### Voted against

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

### Notable abstentions

Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Haiti, Iceland, Ireland, Laos, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey

## Primary sources

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

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