Economic and Social Consequences of the Armaments Race and Its Extremely Harmful Effects on World Peace and Security

A/RES/40/150View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 48 Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security, published in 1986.

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8 versions · 1971–1986

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/150	Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security	544	25%Compare
1983	A/RES/37/70	Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security	612	25%Compare
1981	A/RES/35/141	Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security	454	24%Compare
1978	A/RES/32/75	Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security	654	37%Compare
1976	A/RES/3462(XXX)	Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security	672	23%Compare

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12 subjects

Arms Race Consultants Cooperation Between Organizations Disarmament Research Economic Aspects Groups of Experts International Organizations Military Expenditures Non-Governmental Organizations Report Preparation Social Aspects Specialized Agencies

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5 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to bring up to date, with the assistance of a group of qualified consultant experts65 appointed by him and making appropriate use of the capabilities of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in a consultant capacity, the report entitled Economic and Social Consequences of the Arms Race and Military Expenditures, taking into account the significant developments that have taken place since the preparation of that report;

Invites all Governments to extend to the Secretary- General their support and full co-operation so as to ensure that the study will be carried out in the most effective way;

Calls upon the specialized agencies, other international organizations and institutions as well as non-governmental organizations to co-operate with the Secretary- General, upon his request, in the preparation of the report;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit the report to the General Assembly at its forty-second session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-second session the item entitled ••Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security".

64 United Nations publication, Sales No. E.83.IX.2.

67 NS-12/27. 65 Subsequently referred to as the Group of Consultant Experts on the Eco- 68 N37/548. nomic and Social Consequences of the Arrns Race and of Military Expendi- 69 NJS/349. tures.

70 A/40/443. 66 N36/458.

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