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title: "UN R/17/685B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/685B: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1962 — 83 in favour, 10 against, 7 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION A (A/5279), WHICH PARAGRAPH ASKS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS NOT LATER THAN 1 JANUARY 1963."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/814"
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# R/17/685B: DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR TESTING

Voted 1962-11-07 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

83

83%

No

10

10%

Abstain

7

7%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION A (A/5279), WHICH PARAGRAPH ASKS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS NOT LATER THAN 1 JANUARY 1963.

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Thailand

## Primary sources

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

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