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title: "UN R/16/807B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/16/807B: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1961 — 55 in favour, 18 against, 26 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. II (A/4942/ADD.3) SAID PARAGRAPH DECLARING THE USE OF NUCLEAR AND THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS TO BE A VIOLATION OF THE UN CHARTER, CONTRARY TO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE LAWS OF HUMANITY AND"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/742"
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# R/16/807B: DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR

Voted 1961-11-02 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

55

56%

No

18

18%

Abstain

26

26%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. II (A/4942/ADD.3) SAID PARAGRAPH DECLARING THE USE OF NUCLEAR AND THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS TO BE A VIOLATION OF THE UN CHARTER, CONTRARY TO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE LAWS OF HUMANITY AND

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Iran

## Primary sources

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

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