Prohibition of the Development and Manufacture of New Types of Weapons of Mass Destruction and New Systems of Such Weapons

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 38 Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, published in 1980.

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21 documents · 1976–2002

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2002).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/57/50	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	330	–
1999	A/RES/54/44	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	325	–
1990	A/RES/45/66	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	430	–
1989	A/RES/43/72	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	—	–
1987	A/RES/42/35	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	447	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Weapons of Mass Destruction

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6 paragraphs

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 34 79 (XXX) of 11 December 1975, 31/74 of 10 December 1976, 32/84 A of 12 December 1977 and 33/66 B of 14 December 1978 concerning the prohibition of new types of weapons of mass destruction,

Bearing in mind the provisions of paragraph 39 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, 22 according to which quali~ative and quantitative disarmament measures are both important for halting the arms race and efforts to that end must include negotiations on the limitation and cessatio!1 of the qualitative improvement of armaments, especially weapons of mass destruction, and the development of new means of warfare,

Recalling the decision contained in paragraph 77 of the Final Document to the effect that, m order to help prevent a qualitative arms race and so that scientific and technological achievements might ultimately be used solely for peaceful purposes, effective measures should be taken to prevent the emergence of new types of weapons of mass destruction based on new scientific principles and achievements, and that efforts should be appropriately pursued aiming at the prohibition of such new types and new systems of weapons of mass destruction,

Expressing its firm belief, in the light of the decisions

adopted at the tenth special session, in the importance of concluding an agreement or agreements to prevent the use of scientific and technological progress for the development of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons,

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