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10/26/2011
UN Sixty-sixth General Assembly, First Committee, 21st Meeting (PM): Voting Machine ‘Locks’ in Familiar Pattern as Disarmament Committee Sends
17 Drafts to General Assembly for Adoption
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gadis3446.doc.htm
Recorded Votes on Nuclear Disarmament, Reducing Nuclear Danger, Middle East
Proliferation Risk, Prevention of Outer Space Arms Race, Conventional Arms Control
Keeping biological, chemical and nuclear weapons from terrorists, bolstering regional and subregional arms control and speeding results from nuclear disarmament promises and processes were among the aims of the 17 draft texts approved today as the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) began taking action on the 53 draft texts before it.
Expressing deep concern at the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, and convinced that every effort should be made to avoid nuclear war and nuclear terrorism, the General Assembly would call upon nuclear-weapon States to undertake further efforts to reduce and ultimately eliminate all types of nuclear weapons, deployed and non-deployed, including through unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures, according to a draft resolution, submitted by Japan and entitled “United action towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons”. It was approved by a recorded vote of 156 in favour to 1 against (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), with 15 abstentions.
Prior to voting on the draft, five separate recorded votes were taken. The first was on preambular paragraph 9, which recalls the success of the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference and of fully implementing its action plan. The Committee voted to retain that provision by a vote of 165 in favour to 1 against (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), with 3 abstentions ( India, Israel, Pakistan).
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