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title: "UN R/73/70 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/73/70: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2018 — 139 in favour, 32 against, 17 abstaining. A/73/251 101r - Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments. - NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT--TREATY COMPLIANCE"
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# R/73/70: Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2018-12-05 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

139

74%

No

32

17%

Abstain

17

9%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/73/251 101r - Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments. - NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT--TREATY COMPLIANCE

### Voted against

Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Japan, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, South Korea

## Primary sources

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

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