Text Fwd: History of US Votes on UN Space Treaty Resolution

History of US Votes on UN Space Treaty Resolution

Summary: The Prevention of Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS) treaty resolution submitted in the UN First committee yearly since 1982 has always overwhelmingly passed. United States voted "no" twice, then has abstained 21 times, each year from 1984-2004, when it started voting *no* again (4 times), until again abstaining in 2009.

It is quite clear that the military industrial complex does not want the successful negotiation of a new treaty to ban weapons in space. They are the source of US blockage of any progress.

2009: abstain (US & Israel)
Yes: 176, No: 0, Abstentions: 2, Non-Voting: 14, Total voting
membership: 192

2008: no (US) abstain (Israel)
Yes: 177, No: 1, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 13, Total voting
membership: 192

2007: no (US) abstain (Israel)
Yes: 178, No: 1, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 12, Total voting
membership: 192

2006: no (US) abstain (Israel)
Yes: 178, No: 1, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 12, Total voting
membership: 192

2005: no (US & Israel)
Yes: 180, No: 2, Abstentions: 0, Non-Voting: 9, Total voting
membership: 191

2004: abstain (US, Israel, Haiti, Palau)
Yes: 178, No: 0, Abstentions: 4, Non-Voting: 9, Total voting
membership: 191

2003: abstain (US, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia)
Yes: 174, No: 0, Abstentions: 4, Non-Voting: 13, Total voting
membership: 191

2002: abstain (US, Israel, Micronesia)
Yes: 159, No: 0, Abstentions: 3, Non-Voting: 29, Total voting
membership: 191

2001: abstain (US, Georgia, Israel, Micronesia)
Yes: 156, No: 0, Abstentions: 4, Non-Voting: 29, Total voting
membership: 189

2000: abstain (US, Israel, Micronesia)
Yes: 163, No: 0, Abstentions: 3, Non-Voting: 23, Total voting
membership: 189

1999: abstain (US, Israel)
Yes: 162, No: 0, Abstentions: 2, Non-Voting: 24, Total voting
membership: 188

1998: abstain (US, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia)
Yes: 165, No: 0, Abstentions: 4, Non-Voting: 16, Total voting
membership: 185

1997: abstain (US)
Yes: 128, No: 0, Abstentions: 39, Non-Voting: 18, Total voting
membership: 185

1996: abstain (US)
Yes: 128, No: 0, Abstentions: 39, Non-Voting: 18, Total voting
membership: 185

1995: abstain (US)
Yes: 121, No: 0, Abstentions: 46, Non-Voting: 18, Total voting
membership: 185

1994: abstain (US)
Yes: 170, No: 0, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 14, Total voting
membership: 185

1993: abstain (US)
Yes: 169, No: 0, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 14, Total voting
membership: 184

1992: abstain (US, Micronesia)
Yes: 164, No: 0, Abstentions: 2, Non-Voting: 13, Total voting
membership: 179

1991: abstain (US)
Yes: 155, No: 0, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 10, Total voting
membership: 166

1990: abstain (US)
Yes: 149, No: 0, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 9, Total voting
membership: 159

1989: abstain (US)
Yes: 149, No: 0, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 9, Total voting
membership: 159

1988: abstain (US)
Yes: 154, No: 1, Abstentions: 0, Non-Voting: 4, Total voting
membership: 159

1987: abstain (US)
Yes: 154, No: 1, Abstentions: 0, Non-Voting: 4, Total voting
membership: 159

1986: abstain (US)
Yes: 154, No: 0, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 4, Total voting
membership: 159

1985: abstain (US, Grenada)
Yes: 151, No: 0, Abstentions: 2, Non-Voting: 6, Total voting
membership: 159

1984: abstain (US)
Yes: 150, No: 0, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 8, Total voting
membership: 159

1983: no (US) abstain (United Kingdom)
Yes: 150, No: 0, Abstentions: 1, Non-Voting: 8, Total voting
membership: 159

1982: no (US) abstain (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Israel, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, United Kingdom)
Yes: 138 , No: 1 , Abstentions: 7 , Non-Voting: 11 , Total voting
membership: 157

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