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Russia vetoes a UN resolution calling for the prevention of a dangerous nuclear arms race in space

AP News

BY EDITH M. LEDERER
Updated 8:04 PM EDT, April 24, 2024

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it “a dirty spectacle” that cherry picks weapons of mass destruction from all other weapons that should also be banned.

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13 in favor, Russia opposed and China abstaining.

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