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title: "UN R/16/568 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/568: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1961 — 71 in favour, 18 against, 8 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4942/ADD.1), CALLING FOR CESSATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/737"
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# R/16/568: NUCLEAR TESTING

Voted 1961-11-05 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

71

73%

No

18

19%

Abstain

8

8%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4942/ADD.1), CALLING FOR CESSATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING.

### Voted against

Albania, Australia, Belarus, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Belgium, Cuba, Haiti, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Turkey

## Primary sources

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

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