Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 57 Prevention of an arms race in outer space, published in 1986.

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49 documents · 1982–2025

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2025).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/19	Prevention of an arms race in outer space	1,395	–
2024	A/RES/79/19	Prevention of an arms race in outer space	1,348	–
2023	A/RES/78/19	Prevention of an arms race in outer space	1,304	–
2022	A/RES/77/40	Prevention of an arms race in outer space	1,265	–
2021	A/RES/76/22	Prevention of an arms race in outer space	1,265	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Arms Race Disarmament Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Disarmament Research Force in International Relations International Cooperation International Security Nuclear Weapons Outer Space Reporting Procedures United States Ussr Verification

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15 operative paragraphs

Recalls the obligation of all States to refrain from the threat or use of force in their space activities;

Reaffirms that general and complete disarmament under effective international control warrants that outer space shall be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and that it shall not become an arena for an arms race;

Emphasizes that further measures with appropriate and effective provisions for verification to prevent an arms race in outer space should be adopted by the international community;

Calls upon all States, in particular those with major space capabilities, to contribute actively to the objective of the peaceful use of outer space and to take immediate measures to prevent an arms race in outer space in the interest of maintaining international peace and security and promoting international co-operation and understandmg;

Requests the Secretary-General to invite Member States to submit their views on the possibility of enhancing international co-operation in the field of preventing an arms race in outer space and the peaceful uses of outer

space, including the desirability of establishing relevant machinery for that purpose, and to submit a report to the

Reiterates that the Conference on Disarmament, as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, has the primary role in the negotiation of a multilateral agreement or agreements, as appropriate, on the prevention of an arms race in outer space in all its aspects;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to consider as a matter of priority the question of preventing an arms race in outer space;

Also requests the Conference on Disarmament to intensify its consideration of the question of the prevention of an arms race in outer space in all its aspects, taking into account all relevant proposals including those presented in the Ad Hoe Committee on the prevention of an arms race in outer space at the 1985 session of the Conference and at the fortieth session of the General Assembly;

Further requests the Conference on Disarmament to re-establish an ad hoe committee with an adequate mandate at the beginning of its session in 1986, with a view to undertaking negotiations for the conclusion of an agreement or agreements, as appropriate, on the prevention of an arms race in outer space in all its aspects;

Urges the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America to pursue intensively their bilateral negotiations in a constructive spirit aimed at reaching early agreement for preventing an arms race in outer space, and to advise the Conference on Disarmament periodically of the progress of their bilateral sessions so as to facilitate its work;

Calls upon all States, especially those with major space capabilities, to refrain, in their activities relating to outer space, from actions contrary to the observance of the relevant existing treaties or to the objective of preventing an arms race in outer space;

Invites Member States to transmit to the Secretary- General, not later than 1 April 1986, their views on the scope and content of the study being undertaken by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research23 on disarmament problems relating to outer space and the consequences of extending the arms race into outer space, and requests the Secretary-General to convey the views of the Member States to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Studies for consideration in order to enable it, in its capacity of Board of Trustees of the Institute, to give the Institute such possible guidance with respect to the elaboration of its study as it may derive from those views;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to report on its consideration of this subject to the General Assembly at its forty-first session;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Conference on Disarmament all documents relating to the consideration of this subject by the General Assembly at its fortieth session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session the item entitled "Prevention of an arms race in outer space".

20 Resolution 2222 (XXI), annex.

22 Official Records of the General Assembly. Fortieth Session, Supplement 21 See Report of the Second United Nations Conference on the Exploration No. 27(A/40/27 and Corr I). sect. 111.E. and Peaceful Use of Outer Space. Vienna, 9-21 August 1982 (A/CONF.IOI/ I O and Corr. I and 2), para. 426.

- 23 See A/40/725, paras. 47-54.

25 A/40/825-S/l 7596, annex. For the printed text, see Official Records of 24 A/40/114-S/16921, annex. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Securrty Council, Fortieth Year, Supplement for October. November and the Security Council, Fortieth Year, Supplement for January, February and DPCember 1985. document S' 17596. annex. March I 985, document S/ 16921, annex.

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