Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy for Economic and Social Development

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1978.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1978–1981

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/35/112

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1981	A/RES/35/112	Peaceful use of nuclear energy for economic and social development	698	17%Compare
1979	A/RES/34/63	Peaceful use of nuclear energy for economic and social development	927	21%Compare
1979	A/RES/33/4	Peaceful use of nuclear energy for economic and social development	300	27%Compare
1978	A/RES/32/50	Peaceful use of nuclear energy for economic and social development	611	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Economic Development Nuclear Energy Nuclear Materials Nuclear Safeguards Nuclear Technology

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Declares that:

The use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is of great importance for the economic and social development of many countries;

All States have the right, in accordance with the principle of sovereign equality, to develop their

88 Intemational Atomic Energy Agency, The Annual Report for 1976 (Austria, July 1977); transmitted to the members of the General Assembly by a note of the Secretary-General programme fo, the peaceful use of nuclear technology for economic and social development, in conformity with their priorities, interests and needs;

Ali States, without discrimination, should have access to and should be free to acquire technology, cquipmcnt and materials for the pcaceful use of nuclear cnergy;

lnternational co-operation in the field covered by the present resolution should be undcr agreed and appropriate international safeguards applied through the International Atomic Energy Agency on a nondiscriminatory basis in order to prevent effectively proliferation of nuclear weapons;

Invites all States as well as the international organizations concerned to respect and observe the principies set forth in thc present resolution;

Requests States to strengthen the existing programmes of the International Atomic Energy Agency for the development of the peaceful use of nuclear cnergy in the developing countries, the acquisition of installations, equipment and nuclear materials and information, as well as the training of personnel in the peaceful use of nuclear energy;

Invites ali States to consider convening, at an appropriate stagc, an international conference or conferences, under the auspices of the United Nations system, aimed at promoting international co-operation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy in accordance with the objectives of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to invite ali States to communicatc to him their views, observations and suggestions on such a conference and requests him to submit a rcport thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session.

97th plenary meetinr:

8 December 1977

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406. (A/32/158 and Add.1).

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