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title: "UN R/17/685A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/685A: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1962 — 78 in favour, 0 against, 22 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION A (A/5279), WHICH PARAGRAPH CONDEMNS ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/813"
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# R/17/685A: DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR TESTING

Voted 1962-11-07 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

78

78%

No

0

0%

Abstain

22

22%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION A (A/5279), WHICH PARAGRAPH CONDEMNS ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS.

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania

## Primary sources

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

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