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title: "UN R/53/77W Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/53/77W: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1998 — 159 in favour, 4 against, 8 abstaining. The President (interpretation from Spanish): Draft resolution W is entitled _Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 1 of draft resolution W. Are there any objections to this request? I see none. I shall therefore first put to the vote operative paragraph of draft resolution W. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/53/77W: nan

Voted 1998-12-04 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

159

93%

No

4

2%

Abstain

8

5%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President (interpretation from Spanish): Draft resolution W is entitled \_Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons\<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 1 of draft resolution W. Are there any objections to this request? I see none. I shall therefore first put to the vote operative paragraph of draft resolution W. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

France, Monaco, Russia, United States

### Notable abstentions

Bulgaria, Czechia, Gabon, Israel, Marshall Islands, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan

## Primary sources

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

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