At its 45th plenary meeting, on 5 December 2018, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 128 to 3, with 48 abstentions,45 on the recommendation of the First Committee,46 recalling its resolution 72/250 of 24 December 2017 and other resolutions on this matter, decided:
(a) To welcome the commencement of the work of the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts tasked with considering and making recommendations on substantial elements of an international legally binding instrument on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, including, inter alia, on the prevention of the placement of weapons in outer space;
(b) To welcome the discussions in subsidiary body 3 of the Conference on Disarmament on the prevention of an arms race in outer space;
(c) To include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “Prevention of an arms race in outer space”, the sub-item entitled “Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space”.
