On 27 October 2016, the First Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted resolution L.41 to convene negotiations in 2017 on a “legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”. The voting result was 123 nations in favour and 38 against, with 16 abstentions.
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Afghanistan
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Albania
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Algeria
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Andorra
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Angola
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Antigua & Barbuda
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Argentina
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Armenia
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Australia
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Austria
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Azerbaijan
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Bahamas
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Bahrain
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Bangladesh
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Barbados
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Belarus
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Belgium
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Belize
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Benin
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Bhutan
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Bolivia
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Bosnia & Herzegovina
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No
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Botswana
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Brazil
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Brunei Darussalam
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Bulgaria
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Burkina Faso
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Burundi
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Cabo Verde
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Cambodia
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Cameroon
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Canada
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Central African Republic
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Chad
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Chile
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China
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Colombia
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Comoros
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Congo
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Costa Rica
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Cote d’Ivoire
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Croatia
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No
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Cuba
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Cyprus
Yes
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Czech Republic
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No
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DPRK (North Korea)
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DRC (Congo)
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Denmark
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No
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Djibouti
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Dominica
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Dominican Republic
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Ecuador
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Egypt
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El Salvador
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Equatorial Guinea
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Eritrea
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Estonia
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No
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Ethiopia
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Fiji
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Finland
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France
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No
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Gabon
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Gambia
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Georgia
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Germany
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No
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Ghana
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Greece
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No
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Grenada
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Guatemala
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Guinea
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Guinea-Bissau
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Guyana
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Abstain
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Haiti
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Honduras
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Hungary
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No
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Iceland
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No
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India
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Indonesia
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Iran
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Iraq
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Ireland
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Israel
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No
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Italy
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No
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Jamaica
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Japan
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No
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Jordan
Yes
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Kazakhstan
Yes
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Kenya
Yes
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Kiribati
Yes
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Kuwait
Yes
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Kyrgyzstan
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Abstain
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Lao PDR
Yes
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Latvia
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No
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Lebanon
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Lesotho
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Liberia
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Libya
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Liechtenstein
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Lithuania
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No
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Luxembourg
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No
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Madagascar
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Malawi
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Malaysia
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Maldives
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Mali
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Malta
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Marshall Islands
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Mauritania
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Mauritius
Yes
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Mexico
Yes
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Micronesia (FSM)
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No
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Monaco
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No
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Mongolia
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Montenegro
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No
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Morocco
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Mozambique
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Myanmar
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Namibia
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Nauru
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Nepal
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Nicaragua
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Niger
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Nigeria
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Norway
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Oman
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Pakistan
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Palau
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Panama
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Papua New Guinea
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Paraguay
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Peru
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Philippines
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Poland
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No
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Portugal
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No
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Qatar
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Republic of Korea
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No
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Republic of Moldova
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Romania
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No
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Russia
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No
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Rwanda
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St Kitts & Nevis
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St Lucia
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St Vincent & Grenadines
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Samoa
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San Marino
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Sao Tome & Principe
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Saudi Arabia
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Senegal
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Serbia
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Seychelles
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Sierra Leone
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Singapore
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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No
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Solomon Islands
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Somalia
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South Africa
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South Sudan
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Spain
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