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title: "UN A/RES/74/42 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/74/42: Nuclear weapons. Adopted in 2019 — 144 in favour, 13 against, 28 abstaining. Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9118"
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UN vote · Session 74

# A/RES/74/42: Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons

Voted 2019-12-12 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

144

78%

No

13

7%

Abstain

28

15%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons

### Voted against

Czechia, Estonia, France, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/74/42](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/74/42)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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