Summary
The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13 in favor, 7 against and one abstaining. The resolution would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space. It was defeated by a vote of 7 countries in favor.
The U.N. chief warns that “geopolitical tensions and mistrust have escalated the risk of nuclear warfare to its highest point in decades” The draft resolution would have urged the conference “to adopt and implement a balanced and comprehensive program of work”
