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title: "UN A/RES/74/48 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/74/48: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2019 — 148 in favour, 5 against, 30 abstaining. Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9117"
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UN vote · Session 74

# A/RES/74/48: Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas

Voted 2019-12-12 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

148

81%

No

5

3%

Abstain

30

16%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas

### Voted against

France, Israel, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/74/48](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/74/48)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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