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title: "UN R/14/590 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/14/590: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1959 — 68 in favour, 0 against, 10 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4286) SUGGESTING THE DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER MEASURES TO AVERT PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, INCLUDING A POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL PACT PREVENTING SUCH DISSEMINATION."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/593"
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# R/14/590: DISARMAMENT

Voted 1959-11-06 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

68

87%

No

0

0%

Abstain

10

13%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/4286) SUGGESTING THE DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER MEASURES TO AVERT PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, INCLUDING A POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL PACT PREVENTING SUCH DISSEMINATION.

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

## Primary sources

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

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