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 48 Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, published in 1982.

What else is in this group?

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

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

III.

Requests the Committee on Disarmament, in the light of its existing priorities, to intensify negotiations, with the assistance of qualified governmental experts, with a view to preparing a draft comprehensive agreement on the prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, and to draft possible agreements on particular types of such weapons;

Once again urges all States to refrain from any action which could adversely affect the talks aimed at working out an agreement or agreements to prevent the emergence of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons;

Calls upon the States permanent members of the Security Council, as well as upon other militarily significant States, to make declarations. identical in substance, concerning the refusal to create new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, as a first step towards the conclusion of a comprehensive agreement on this subject, bearing in mind that such declarations would be approved thereafter by a decision of the Security Council;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Committee on Disarmament all documents relating to the consideration of this item by the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session;

Requests the Committee on Disarmament to submit a report on the results achieved to the General Assembly for consideration at its thirty-seventh session; thirty-seventh session the item entitled "Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons: report of the Committee on Disarmament''.

'"Resolution S-1012. para. 64.

27 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-sixth Session, Sup- ''' Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirtv-fourth Session, Supplement No. 27 (N36/27). sect. lll.E plement No 45 (A/34145 and Corr. I).

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What’s in this document?

III.

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