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title: "UN R/71/49 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/71/49: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2016 — 173 in favour, 3 against, 5 abstaining. The Acting President: Draft resolution XVI is entitled _The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects<d3>. The First Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the GeneralAssembly wishes to do likewise? Draft resolution XVI was adopted (resolution 71/48). The Acting President: Draft resolution XVII is entitled _United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons<d3>. Separate, recorded votes have been requested on operative paragraphs 5, 20 and 27. I shall first put to the vote operative paragraph 5. A"
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# R/71/49: nan

Voted 2016-12-05 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

173

96%

No

3

2%

Abstain

5

3%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President: Draft resolution XVI is entitled \_The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects\<d3>. The First Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the GeneralAssembly wishes to do likewise? Draft resolution XVI was adopted (resolution 71/48). The Acting President: Draft resolution XVII is entitled \_United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons\<d3>. Separate, recorded votes have been requested on operative paragraphs 5, 20 and 27. I shall first put to the vote operative paragraph 5. A

### Voted against

India, Israel, North Korea

### Notable abstentions

Bhutan, Namibia, Pakistan, South Sudan, Zimbabwe

## Primary sources

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

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