.-lpprovcs the proposals:lll• formulated lJy the Commission for Conventional Armaments for the submission by Member States of full iuformation on their conventional armaments and armed forces and the verification thereof, as constituting the necessary basis for the implementation of the abovr·-mentioned recommendation;
2
Considers that the early submission uf this information would c011,titute an essential step towards a substantial reduction of conventional ani1amcnts and armed forces and that, on the uth('r hand, nu agreement is likely to he reached on this matter so long as each State lack;; exact and authenticated information concerning the conventional armaments and armed forces of other States;
3
Noles that unanimity among the permanent members of the Security Council, which is essential for the implementation of the above-mentioned proposals, has not yet b<.'en achieved ;
4
Rcrommcnds therefore that the Security Council, despite the lack uf unanimity among its permanent members on this essential feature of its work, continue its study of the regulation and reduction of conventional armaments and armed forces through the agency of the Commission for Conventional Armaments in accordance with its plan uf work, in order to make such progress as ma1· he possible;
S. Calls upon all members of the Security Council to co-operate to this end.
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w Sec () ffrcial Records of the third scs.rinn of tl,c C,·neral As.rc111hly, I'art I, Resolutions, page 16. 3" /1,id., page 17. " 0 " ~ce 0(/irial Naords ,,f f/,c Sa11rih· Council, Third Year, Supplement for September 1948, document S:1372.
