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description: "R/66/40: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2011 — 170 in favour, 1 against, 7 abstaining. The Acting President: Draft resolution XIII is entitled _Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nucleardisarmament commitments<d3>. Separate votes have been requested on operative paragraphs 1 and 9. I shall first put to the vote paragraph 1, on which a separate, recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/66/40: nan

Voted 2011-12-02 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

170

96%

No

1

1%

Abstain

7

4%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President: Draft resolution XIII is entitled \_Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nucleardisarmament commitments\<d3>. Separate votes have been requested on operative paragraphs 1 and 9. I shall first put to the vote paragraph 1, on which a separate, recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

North Korea

### Notable abstentions

China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, 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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