Remnants of War

A/RES/39/167View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

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4 versions · 1983–1986

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/40/197

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/197	Remnants of war	293	47%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/167	Remnants of war	471	—
1984	A/RES/38/162	Remnants of war	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/215	Remnants of war	487	–

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3 subjects

Developing Countries Landmines Material Remnants of War

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the problem of remnants of war:27

Regrets that no concrete measures have been taken to solve the problem of remnants of war despite the vari ous resolutions and decisions adopted thereon by the General Assembly and the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme;

Reiterates its support of the just demands of the developing countries affected by the implantation of mines and the presence of other remnants of war in their terri tories for compensation and for complete removal of those obstacles by the States that implanted them;

Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the United Nations Environment Programme and other organizations of the United Nations system, within their mandates, to collect all information on expertise and available equipment, so as to evaluate, on request, the actual needs of the developing countries affected and to assist those countries in their efforts to detect and clear material remnants of war;

Calls upon all States to co-operate with the appro priate organizations of the United Nations system in carrying out the task assigned to them in paragraph 4 above;

Also calls upon those developed countries directly responsible for the presence of remnants of war to intensi fy bilateral consultations with the aim of concluding, with out undue delay, agreements for the solution of those problems;

Requests all States to inform the Secretary-General of actions they have taken in the implementation of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fortieth session a detailed and comprehensive report on the implementation of the pres ent resolution.

18 Jbid., Thirty-ninth Session. Supplement No. /9 (A/39/19). part one. para. 57.

19See WFP/CFA:15119, para. 42. 20 For the text of the Convention. sec TDIWHEA T.6/ 13. 21 See Official Records of the General Assemhfr. Thtrtv-first Se.rnon. Sup plement No. 25 (A/31/25). annex I. 22 /hid .. Thtrtr-second Se.rnon. Supplement _i,;o }., (A/32125). annex I 23 /hid .. Thmv-sixth Session. Supplement No. 25 (A/36/25 and Corr. I). annex I.

24 lhtd .. Thtrty-se,·enth Sessum, Supplement No. 25 (A/37125). pan two. annex.

25See A/311197. annex IV. sect. B.

·'6see A/351419-Sll4129. annex I.

27 A/39/580.

JU l lNEPIGC.12/9 and Corr I 31 A 39,433. annex I. 28 Report of the United Nations Conference on Desemfica11on. Na,ro/,1, 29 August-9 Septeml>er /977 (A/CON F. 7.4136). chap. I -1' See Offu:ial Records o(the liencra/ 1SJemN1·. Thmy-mnth Session. S11p 29 Sec Official Records o( the General .-11semhlr. Thirt,·-nghth Sessw11,

pl1'n1cnt \'o 25 (A/39/25), annl'X Supplement No. 25 (A/38125). annex.

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