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title: "UN A/RES/74/40 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/74/40: Disarmament. Adopted in 2019 — 151 in favour, 8 against, 21 abstaining. Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/9136"
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UN vote · Session 74

# A/RES/74/40: Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction

Voted 2019-12-12 · Disarmament

Yes

151

84%

No

8

4%

Abstain

21

12%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction

### Voted against

Cambodia, China, Congo - Brazzaville, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Zimbabwe

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, Cuba, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mali, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Rwanda

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/74/40](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/74/40)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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