--- title: "UN R/72/37 Vote | Model Diplomat" description: "R/72/37: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2017 — 125 in favour, 37 against, 13 abstaining. The Acting President: Draft resolution VIII is entitled _Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices. The First Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise? Draft resolution VIII was adopted (resolution 72/36). The Acting President: Draft resolution IX is entitled_Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world. A separate, recorded vote has been requested on the eleventh preambular paragraph. A" url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/5982" --- [New](https://modeldiplomat.com/) UN vote · # R/72/37: nan Voted 2017-12-04 · Nuclear weapons Yes 125 71% No 37 21% Abstain 13 7% Absent 0 0% ## Summary The Acting President: Draft resolution VIII is entitled \_Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices\. The First Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise? Draft resolution VIII was adopted (resolution 72/36). The Acting President: Draft resolution IX is entitled_Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world\. A separate, recorded vote has been requested on the eleventh preambular paragraph. A ### Voted against Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States ### Notable abstentions Andorra, Armenia, Belarus, Finland, Georgia, India, Japan, Kiribati, Mali, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Yugoslavia ## Primary sources - [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ) [Ask a follow-up about this vote →](https://modeldiplomat.com/search?q=UN%20resolution%20R%2F72%2F37%20nan)