--- title: "UN R/72/251 Vote | Model Diplomat" description: "R/72/251: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2017 — 99 in favour, 28 against, 17 abstaining. The President: May I take it that it is the wish ofthe Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 97? It was so decided. Agenda item 99 (continued) General and complete disarmament Report of the First Committee (A/72/409) Report of the Fifth Committee (A/72/673) The President: The Assembly has before it draft resolution XXVIII, entitled _Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear 17-46702\b11/24 A/72/PV.76 disarmament, recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 84 of its report. A recorded vote has been requested. A separate recorded vote ha…" url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/6009" --- [New](https://modeldiplomat.com/) UN vote · # R/72/251: nan Voted 2017-12-24 · Nuclear weapons Yes 99 69% No 28 19% Abstain 17 12% Absent 0 0% ## Summary The President: May I take it that it is the wish ofthe Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 97? It was so decided. Agenda item 99 (continued) General and complete disarmament Report of the First Committee (A/72/409) Report of the Fifth Committee (A/72/673) The President: The Assembly has before it draft resolution XXVIII, entitled \_Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear 17-4670211/24 A/72/PV.76 disarmament\, recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 84 of its report. A recorded vote has been requested. A separate recorded vote ha… ### Voted against Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burundi, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States ### Notable abstentions Angola, Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Canada, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Japan, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Portugal, Turkey ## 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%2F251%20nan)