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title: "UN R/16/527 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/527: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1961 — 86 in favour, 10 against, 1 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4942) APPEALING TO U.S.S.R. TO REFRAIN FROM ITS SCHEDULED EXPLOSION OF A MEGATON BOMB."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/736"
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# R/16/527: NUCLEAR TESTING, USSR

Voted 1961-10-06 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

86

89%

No

10

10%

Abstain

1

1%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4942) APPEALING TO U.S.S.R. TO REFRAIN FROM ITS SCHEDULED EXPLOSION OF A MEGATON BOMB.

### Voted against

Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

### Notable abstentions

Mali

## Primary sources

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

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