Prohibition of Action to Influence the Environment and Climate for Military and Other Purposes Incompatible with the Maintenance of International Security, Human Well-Being and Health

A/RES/3264(XXIX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1975.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Environmental Degradation Military Activity Treaties Weather Modification

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Considers it necessary to adopt, through the conclusion of an appropriate international convention, effective measures to prohibit action to influence the environment. and climate for military and other hostile purposes, which are incompatible with the maintenance of international security, human well-being and health;

Takes note of the draft international convention on the prohibition of action to influence the environment and climate for military and other purposes incompatible with the maintenance of international sebirity, human well-being and health, submitted to the General Assembly by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 411 as well as other points of view and suggestions put forward during the discussion of this question;

Requests the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament to proceed as soon as possible to achieving agreement on the text of such a convention and to submit a report on the results achieved for consideration by the General Assembly at its thirtieth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament all documents relating to the discussion by the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session of the item entitled "Prohibition of action to influence the environment and cl!mate for !"ilitary and _other purposes incompatible with the maintenance of mtemational security human well-being and health";

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirtieth session an item entitled "Prohibition of action to influence the environment and climate for military and other hostile purposes, which are incompatible with th~ maintenance of international security, human well-bemg and health".

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