Implementation of the Collective Security Provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security

A/RES/40/159View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 73 Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security, published in 1986.

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4 versions · 1983–1986

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/159	Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security	683	83%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/158	Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security	668	—
1984	A/RES/38/191	Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/119	Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security	483	–

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International Security Members Peace Report Preparation Reporting Procedures

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5 operative paragraphs

Regrets that the Ad Hoe Committee on the Implementation of the Collective Security Provisions of the Charter of the United Nations which the General Assembly, by its resolution 38/191, decided to establish for the purpose of exploring ways and means of implementing the said provisions has not been constituted;

Requests the President of the General Assembly, as a matter of urgency, to appoint fifty-four Member States and on the basis of consultation already conducted to constitute the membership of the Ad Hoe Committee on the basis of equitable geographical representation and including the permanent members of the Security Council;

Requests the Secretary-General urgently to invite those Member States that have not yet done so to communicate to him not later than 30 April 1986 their views and comments on the matter and to transmit those views and comments to the Ad Hoe Committee as soon as possible;

Requests the Ad Hoe Committee, in considering the matter, to take due account of the views and comments of Member States, including their recommendations, and to submit a progress report to the Security Council for its consideration and comments and to the General Assembly at its forty-first session, and a final report to the Assembly at its forty-second session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session the item entitled "Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security".

124 O.tficia/ Records of the General Assemh/r. T/11rt.1·-seventh Session, Supplement No. I (N37/l).

l25 fbid., T/11rty-e1ghrh Session. Supplemenr No. I (N38/l). 126 Ibid., 7hirty-mnth Sesswn. Suppt,,ment No. I (N39/ I).

127 Ibid .. For1ieth Sesswn. Supplement No. 1 (N40/I).

128 See Official Records of rhe Secumy Council, Fortierh rear. 2608th meeting; St'C also Resolutions and Decrnons o/ rhe Security Council /985, p. ] I.

129 A/40/854-S/l 76 IO and (orr. L annex I.

1 JO A,38/271-S/15830. annex. For the printed lt'Xt, see Otfinal Records o( rh,· Sccunty C.mncil. Thmr-e,~hth l'car. S11p1•lc1110,r /,>r lpnl. Mav awl June /9113. document Sil 5810. am,n IJI A,40/454

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