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title: "UN R/17/686D Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/17/686D: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1962 — 50 in favour, 9 against, 40 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION B (A/5279) URGING THE CONFERENCE OF THE 18-NATION COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT TO CONCLUDE A TREATY PROHIBITING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING IN ALL ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL TIME, UNDER EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/820"
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# R/17/686D: DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR TESTING

Voted 1962-11-07 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

50

51%

No

9

9%

Abstain

40

40%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION B (A/5279) URGING THE CONFERENCE OF THE 18-NATION COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT TO CONCLUDE A TREATY PROHIBITING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING IN ALL ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL TIME, UNDER EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL.

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Cyprus, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon

## Primary sources

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

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