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title: "UN R/3/564B Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/3/564B: Nuclear weapons. Rejected in 1948 — 5 in favour, 29 against, 14 abstaining. TO ADOPT PARAGRAPH 2 OF USSR DRAFT RESOL. (A/723), SAID PARAGRAPH RECOGNIZING THE PRIME IMPORTANCE OF A PROHIBITION ON THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/95"
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# R/3/564B: DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR

Voted 1948-11-07 · Nuclear weapons

Yes

5

10%

No

29

60%

Abstain

14

29%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT PARAGRAPH 2 OF USSR DRAFT RESOL. (A/723), SAID PARAGRAPH RECOGNIZING THE PRIME IMPORTANCE OF A PROHIBITION ON THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS.

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Luxembourg, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Argentina, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, 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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