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title: "UN R/73/31 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/73/31: Disarmament. Adopted in 2018 — 128 in favour, 12 against, 40 abstaining. A/73/251 99b - No first placement of weapons in outer space. - WEAPONS--OUTER SPACE"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/6068"
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# R/73/31: No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2018-12-05 · Disarmament

Yes

128

71%

No

12

7%

Abstain

40

22%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/73/251 99b - No first placement of weapons in outer space. - WEAPONS--OUTER SPACE

### Voted against

Australia, Estonia, France, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Eswatini, Finland, Germany, Greece

## Primary sources

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

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