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title: "UN R/73/83 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/73/83: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2018 — 158 in favour, 6 against, 21 abstaining. A/73/251 104 - The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. - NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION--MIDDLE EAST"
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# R/73/83: The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2018-12-05 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

158

85%

No

6

3%

Abstain

21

11%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/73/251 104 - The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. - NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION--MIDDLE EAST

### Voted against

Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Palau, United States

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Belgium, Cameroon, Czechia, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg

## Primary sources

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

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