5. Vetoing UN proposal to ban nukes in spaceRussia’s UN Ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, dismissed the resolution as “absolutely absurd and politicised,” and said it didn’t go far enough in banning all types of weapons in space.
The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13 in favour, Russia opposed and China abstaining.
Russia and China proposed an amendment that would call on all countries, especially those with major space capabilities, “to prevent for all time the placement of weapons in outer space, and the threat of use of force in outer spaces.
”But the US opposed it and after the vote Nebenzia said: “We want a ban on the placement of weapons of any kind in outer space, not just WMDs [weapons of mass destruction]. But you don’t want that. And let me ask you that very same question. Why?”
