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description: "R/52/38O: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1997 — 153 in favour, 5 against, 6 abstaining. The President: Draft resolution O is entitled _Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons<d3>. General Assembly Fifty-second session Separate votes have been requested on operative paragraphs 1 and 2 of draft resolution O. Are there any objections to those requests? There are none. I shall now put to the vote operative paragraph 1. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/52/38O: nan

Voted 1997-12-09 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

153

93%

No

5

3%

Abstain

6

4%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President: Draft resolution O is entitled \_Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons\<d3>. General Assembly Fifty-second session Separate votes have been requested on operative paragraphs 1 and 2 of draft resolution O. Are there any objections to those requests? There are none. I shall now put to the vote operative paragraph 1. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

France, Israel, Monaco, Russia, United States

### Notable abstentions

Bulgaria, Georgia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Kingdom

## Primary sources

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

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