Urgent Need for Cessation of Nuclear and Thermonuclear Tests and Conclusion of a Treaty Designed to Achieve a Comprehensive Test Ban

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1975–1977

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1977	A/RES/31/66	Urgent need for cessation of nuclear and thermonuclear tests and conclusion of a treaty designed to achieve a comprehensive test ban	489	36%Compare
1976	A/RES/3466(XXX)	Urgent need for cessation of nuclear and thermonuclear tests and conclusion of a treaty designed to achieve a comprehensive test ban	772	32%Compare
1975	A/RES/3257(XXIX)	Urgent need for cessation of nuclear and thermonuclear tests and conclusion of a treaty designed to achieve a comprehensive test ban	387	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Nuclear Weapon States Nuclear Weapon Tests Treaties

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Declares its profound concern that substantive negotiations towards a comprehensive test-ban agreement have not yet begun and re-emphasizes the urgency of concluding a comprehensive and effective agreement;

Calls once again upon all nuclear-weapon States to suspend the testing of nuclear weapons by agreement, subject to review after a specified period, as an interim step towards the conclusion of a formal and comprehensive test-ban agreement;

Emphasizes in this regard the particular responsibility of the nuclear-weapon States which are parties to international agreements in which they have declared their intention to achieve at the earliest possible date the cessation of the nuclear-arms race;

Calls upon all States not yet parties to the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water to adhere to it forthwith;

Urges the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament to continue to give the highest priority to the conclusion of a comprehensive test-ban agreement and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session on the progress achieved;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-second session the item entitled "Urgent need for cessation of nuclear and thermonuclear tests and conclusion of a treaty designed to achieve a comprehensive test ban".

1s Resolution 2373 (XXII), annex. 19 See A/31/125, annex.

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