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title: "UN R/17/686B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/686B: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1962 — 64 in favour, 9 against, 27 abstaining. TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOLLUTION A (A/5279), SAID PARAGRAPH RECOMMENDING AN IMMEDIATE AGREEMENT PROHIBITING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING IN THE ATMOSPHERE, IN OUTER SPACE AND UNDER-WATER, WITH AN INTERIM ARRANGEMENT"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/818"
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# R/17/686B: NUCLEAR TESTING, U.S., U.K, U.S.S.R.

Voted 1962-11-07 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

64

64%

No

9

9%

Abstain

27

27%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOLLUTION A (A/5279), SAID PARAGRAPH RECOMMENDING AN IMMEDIATE AGREEMENT PROHIBITING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING IN THE ATMOSPHERE, IN OUTER SPACE AND UNDER-WATER, WITH AN INTERIM ARRANGEMENT

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, France, Guinea, Iraq, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco

## Primary sources

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

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