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title: "UN R/16/606 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/606: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1961 — 70 in favour, 10 against, 15 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4942/ADD.2) CALLING FOR U.S.-U.S.S.R. RENEWED NEGOTIATIONS ON A NUCLEAR ARMS-BAN TREATY, AS AMENDED BY CYPRUS PROPOSAL (A/L.363) SUBSTITUTING WORDS \\14 DEC 1961\\\\ FOR \\\\\"1 MARCH 1962\\\\\" IN OPERATIVE PARA\""
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/738"
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# R/16/606: DISARMAMENT

Voted 1961-11-07 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

70

74%

No

10

11%

Abstain

15

16%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/4942/ADD.2) CALLING FOR U.S.-U.S.S.R. RENEWED NEGOTIATIONS ON A NUCLEAR ARMS-BAN TREATY, AS AMENDED BY CYPRUS PROPOSAL (A/L.363) SUBSTITUTING WORDS \14 DEC 1961\\\ FOR \\\\"1 MARCH 1962\\\\" IN OPERATIVE PARA"

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Egypt, Finland, France, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia

## Primary sources

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

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