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title: "UN R/17/685D Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/685D: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1962 — 99 in favour, 0 against, 1 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION A (A/5279), SAID PARAGRAPH ENDORSING THE 1962 8-NATION MEMORANDUM AS A BASIS FOR NEGOTIATION."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/816"
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# R/17/685D: NUCLEAR TESTING, U.S., U.K, U.S.S.R.

Voted 1962-11-07 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

99

99%

No

0

0%

Abstain

1

1%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOLUTION A (A/5279), SAID PARAGRAPH ENDORSING THE 1962 8-NATION MEMORANDUM AS A BASIS FOR NEGOTIATION.

### Notable abstentions

France

## Primary sources

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

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