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title: "UN R/18/1909 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/18/1909: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1963 — 63 in favour, 18 against, 24 abstaining. TO ADOPT 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5617) REQUESTING CONFERENCE OF THE 18-NATION COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT TO TO STUDY THE QUESTION OF CONVENING A CONFERENCE TO SIGN A CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR AND THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/860"
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# R/18/1909: DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR

Voted 1963-11-02 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

63

60%

No

18

17%

Abstain

24

23%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT 1ST COMM. DRAFT RESOL. (A/5617) REQUESTING CONFERENCE OF THE 18-NATION COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT TO TO STUDY THE QUESTION OF CONVENING A CONFERENCE TO SIGN A CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR AND THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS.

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Canada, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Argentina, Austria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, Iceland, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma)

## Primary sources

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

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