Urgent Need for a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 43 Implementation of General Assembly resolution 36/85, published in 1983.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 1983–1990

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1990).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1990	A/RES/45/51	Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty	1,137	—
1990	A/RES/44/107	Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty	—	—
1988	A/RES/43/64	Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty	—	—
1987	A/RES/42/27	Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty	—	—
1986	A/RES/41/47	Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Nuclear Weapon Tests Treaties

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Reiterates its grave concern that, despite the express wishes of the overwhelming majority of Member States, nuclear-weapon testing continues unabated;

Reaffirms its conviction that a treaty to achieve the prohibition of all nuclear-test explosions by all States for all time is a matter of the greatest urgency and highest priority;

11 Ibid., Supplement No. 27 (A/37/27 and Corr. I), sect. III.A.

Expresses the conviction that such a treaty would constitute a vital element for the success of efforts to halt and reverse the nuclear-anns race and the qualitative im provement of nuclear weapons, and to prevent the expansion of existing nuclear arsenals and the spread of nuclear weap ons to additional countries;

Notes that the Committee on Disarmament, in the exercise of its responsibilities as the multilateral disanna ment negotiating forum, established on 21 April 1982 12 an Ad Hoe Working Group under item 1 of its agenda, entitled "Nuclear-test ban", and, considering that discussion of spe cific issues in the first instance might facilitate progress towards negotiation of a nuclear-test ban, requested the Ad Hoe Working Group:

To discuss and define, through substantive exami nation, issues relating to verification and compliance, with a view to making further progress towards a nuclear-test ban;

To take into account all existing proposals and future initiatives and report to the Committee on the progress of its work before the conclusion of the session in 1982;

Also notes that the Committee on Disarmament agreed that it would thereafter take a decision on subsequent courses of action with a view to fulfilling its responsibilities in this regard;

Further notes that the Ad Hoe Working Group has initiated consideration of the issues under its mandate;

Requests the Committee on Disannament to continue the consideration of those issues and to take the necessary steps to initiate substantive negotiations in order that the draft of a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty may be submitted to the General Assembly at the earliest possible date;

Urges all members of the Committee on Disarma ment, in particular the nuclear-weapon States, to co-operate with the Committee in fulfilling these tasks;

Also requests the Committee on Disannament to de termine, in the context of its negotiations on such a treaty, the institutional and administrative arrangements necessary for establishing, testing and operating an international seis mic monitoring network and an effective verification system;

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Calls upon the Committee on Disarmament to report on progress to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session;

l l . Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-eighth session an item entitled "Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty''.

'° See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session,

Ill. Raolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee _

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION 14 Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-fifth Year, Supplement 12 Ibid., para. 39.

for July, August and September 1980, document S/14179. "Ibid .. Twentieth Session, Annexes, agenda item 105, document "Resolution S-10/2, para. 63 (c).

16 Ibid .. para. 12.

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