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title: "UN R/3/564A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/3/564A: Nuclear weapons. Rejected in 1948 — 5 in favour, 37 against, 6 abstaining. TO ADOPT PARAGRAPH 1 OF USSR DRAFT RESOL. (A/723) PROPOSING PROHIBITION OF ATOMIC WEAPONS AND THE REDUCTION OF ARMS AND MILITARY FORCES; SAID PARAGRAPH NOTING THE LACK OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS 24 JAN. 46, ON ATOMIC ENERGY CONTR"
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# R/3/564A: DISARMAMENT NUCLEAR, CONVENTIONAL

Voted 1948-11-07 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

5

10%

No

37

77%

Abstain

6

13%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT PARAGRAPH 1 OF USSR DRAFT RESOL. (A/723) PROPOSING PROHIBITION OF ATOMIC WEAPONS AND THE REDUCTION OF ARMS AND MILITARY FORCES; SAID PARAGRAPH NOTING THE LACK OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS 24 JAN. 46, ON ATOMIC ENERGY CONTR

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, India, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Argentina, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Yemen Arab Republic

## Primary sources

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

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