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title: "UN R/3/565A Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/3/565A: Disarmament. Rejected in 1948 — 6 in favour, 30 against, 14 abstaining. TO ADOPT PARAGRAPH 3 OF USSR DRAFT RESOL. (A/723), RECOGNIZING THE BENEFICENT EFFECTS OF ARMS REDUCTIONS ON WORLD PEACE AND SECURITY AND AS A RELIEF TO DEFENCE-OVERBURDENED ECONOMIES."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/96"
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# R/3/565A: DISARMAMENT

Voted 1948-11-07 · Disarmament

Yes

6

12%

No

30

60%

Abstain

14

28%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

TO ADOPT PARAGRAPH 3 OF USSR DRAFT RESOL. (A/723), RECOGNIZING THE BENEFICENT EFFECTS OF ARMS REDUCTIONS ON WORLD PEACE AND SECURITY AND AS A RELIEF TO DEFENCE-OVERBURDENED ECONOMIES.

### Voted against

Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Haiti, Iceland, Liberia, Luxembourg, Myanmar (Burma), Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Argentina, Cuba, Ethiopia, France, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Mexico, Syria, Uruguay, Yemen Arab Republic

## Primary sources

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

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