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title: "UN R/53/77Q Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/53/77Q: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1998 — 141 in favour, 2 against, 20 abstaining. The President (interpretation from Spanish): Draftresolution Q is entitled _Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on the words _andSouth Asia<d3> in operative paragraph 3 and on the entire operative paragraph 3 of draft resolution Q. Are there any objections to this request? I see none. I shall first put to the vote the words _and Southin operative paragraph 3. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/53/77Q: nan

Voted 1998-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

141

87%

No

2

1%

Abstain

20

12%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President (interpretation from Spanish): Draftresolution Q is entitled \_Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas\<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on the words \_andSouth Asia\<d3> in operative paragraph 3 and on the entire operative paragraph 3 of draft resolution Q. Are there any objections to this request? I see none. I shall first put to the vote the words \_and Southin operative paragraph 3. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

Bhutan, India

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Bangladesh, Cuba, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal

## Primary sources

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

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