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title: "UN R/53/77U Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/53/77U: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1998 — 159 in favour, 1 against, 3 abstaining. The President (interpretation from Spanish): Draftresolution T, _Illicit traffic in small arms,<d3> was adoptedthe First Committee without a vote. May I take it that theAssembly wishes to do the same? Draft resolution T was adopted (resolution 53/77 T). The President (interpretation from Spanish): Draftresolution U is entitled _Nuclear disarmament with a viewto the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons<d3>. Separate votes have been requested on the second preambular paragraph and operative paragraph 1 of draftresolution U. Are there any objections to those requests?see none. I shall therefo…"
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# R/53/77U: nan

Voted 1998-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

159

98%

No

1

1%

Abstain

3

2%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President (interpretation from Spanish): Draftresolution T, \_Illicit traffic in small arms,\<d3> was adoptedthe First Committee without a vote. May I take it that theAssembly wishes to do the same? Draft resolution T was adopted (resolution 53/77 T). The President (interpretation from Spanish): Draftresolution U is entitled \_Nuclear disarmament with a viewto the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons\<d3>. Separate votes have been requested on the second preambular paragraph and operative paragraph 1 of draftresolution U. Are there any objections to those requests?see none. I shall therefo…

### Voted against

India

### Notable abstentions

Bhutan, Israel, Pakistan

## Primary sources

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

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