Russia, on 24 April 2024, vetoed a UN resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it “a dirty spectacle” that cherry-picks weapons of mass destruction from all other weapons that should also be banned. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13 in favor, Russia opposed it, and China abstained. The resolution would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other wea
