Bilateral Nuclear-Arms Negotiations

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 65i Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations, published in 1986.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1985–1986

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/18	Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations	368	—
1985	A/RES/39/148[B]	Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Arms Limitation Arms Race Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Weapons Outer Space United States Ussr

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Expresses its hope that the forthcoming meeting between the two leaders of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America will give a decisive impetus to their current bilateral negotiations so that these negotiations produce early and effective agree ments on the halting of the nuclear-arms race with its neg ative effects on international security as well as on social and economic development, reduction of their nuclear arsenals, prevention of an arms race in outer space and the use of outer space for peaceful purposes;

Invites the two negotiating parties to keep the Gen eral Assembly duly informed of the progress of their nego tiations;

Reaffirms that in these negotiations the vital inter ests of all peoples, including those of the two negotiating parties, are at stake;

Further reaffirms that bilateral negotiations do not in any way diminish the urgent need to initiate and pursue multilateral negotiations on the cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament and on the prevention of an arms race in outer space;

Requests the Secretary-General to convey this reso lution to the leaders of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America before their meeting at Geneva on 19 and 20 November 1985.

2 See Official Records of the General Assembly. Fortieth Session, Supple 3 United Nations, Treaty Series. vol. 634, No. 9068, p. 326. ment No. 27 (N40/27 and Corr.I), appendix II (('D/642/Appendix II/Vol. II), documents CD/570 and CD/571.

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