UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2025-12-01
No first placement of weapons in outer space
A/RES/80/20 · Adopted 1 December 2025
Encourage countries to pledge not to be the first to place weapons in space.
This motion backs a commitment not to deploy weapons in outer space first, as a step towards preventing an arms race there. It concerns a political pledge and further work on space security, rather than creating a new weapons treaty itself. The full UN vote was 123 for, 52 against and 5 abstentions. Your board shows eight selected countries. A vote alone does not explain a country’s motives.
Overall recorded result
- For
- 123
- Against
- 52
- Abstain
- 5
These are totals for the full recorded vote. The country table below shows only the eight countries in our puzzle dataset. An absent country is not counted as abstaining.
Selected countries at a glance
For the eight countries in our puzzle dataset:
- FOR: Saudi Arabia, Russia, Senegal
- AGAINST: Sweden, South Korea, New Zealand
- ABSTAIN: Panama, Switzerland
Eight recorded country votes
These eight countries are the selected Eight Votes challenge, not the complete UN voting roster. The vote alone does not establish a government’s motive or its position on the broader subject.
| Country | Recorded vote |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | AGAINST |
| Panama | ABSTAIN |
| Russia | FOR |
| Saudi Arabia | FOR |
| Senegal | FOR |
| South Korea | AGAINST |
| Sweden | AGAINST |
| Switzerland | ABSTAIN |
Source and context
UN Digital Library voting record ↗ (external source)
Resolution A/RES/80/20 ↗ (external source)
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