Security Council Meets on Non-proliferation

The Security Council votes on a draft resolution on non-proliferation and outer space introduced by the Russian Federation.

The resolution received seven votes in favour (Algeria, China, Ecuador, Guyana, Mozambique, Russian Federation and Sierra Leone), one abstention (Switzerland), and seven votes against (United States, France, Japan, Malta, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom and Slovenia).

The resolution was not adopted having failed to obtain the required number of votes.

A view of Council members signaling their abstention.