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Security Council Fails to Adopt First-Ever Resolution on Arms Race in Outer Space, Due to Negative Vote by Russian Federation (SC/15678)
Published by United Nations on April 24, 2024.
UN press release on the April 24, 2024 Security Council vote: the U.S. and Japan draft on the Outer Space Treaty ban on weapons of mass destruction in orbit, Russia's amendment to ban all weapons (rejected 7 to 7), and Russia's veto. Internet Archive snapshot saved January 3, 2025; press.un.org served a JavaScript challenge to the registry on the direct and via-archive routes.
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By a vote of 13 in favour to 1 against (Russian Federation), with 1 abstention (China), the Council then rejected the draft resolution
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- The U.S. says it has on-orbit space control weapons · cited for the vetoed resolution, the failed amendment, and both vote counts
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Timeline entries this record anchors: Treaty, 2022 pledge, 2024 veto, doctrine, budget, open-source baseline.