Prohibition of the Development and Manufacture of New Types of Weapons of Mass Destruction and New Systems of Such Weapons

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 60 Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, published in 1986.

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21 documents · 1976–2002

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2002).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/57/50	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	330	–
1999	A/RES/54/44	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	325	–
1990	A/RES/45/66	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	430	–
1989	A/RES/43/72	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	—	–
1987	A/RES/42/35	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	447	–

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4 subjects

Disarmament Negotiations Groups of Experts Science and Technology Weapons of Mass Destruction

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7 operative paragraphs

Recalling its resolutions 3479 (XXX) of 11 December 1975, 31/74 of 10 December 1976, 32/84 A of 12 December 1977, 33/66 B of 14 December 1978, 34/79 of 11 December 1979, 35/149 of 12 December 1980, 36/89 of9 December 1981, 37/77 A of9 December 1982, 38/182 of 20 December 1983 and 39/62 of 12 December 1984 concerning the prohibition of new types of weapons of mass destruction,

Bearing in mind the provisions of paragraph 39 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, 10 according to which qualitative and quantitative disarmament measures are both important for halting the arms race and efforts to that end must include negotiations on the limitation and cessation of the qualitative improvement of armaments, especially weapons of mass destruction, and the development of new means of warfare,

Recalling the decision contained in paragraph 77 of the Final Document to the effect that, in order to help to prevent a qualitative arms race and so that scientific and technological achievements might ultimately be used solely for peaceful purposes, effective measures should be taken to prevent the emergence of new types of weapons of mass destruction based on new scientific principles and achievements, and that efforts aiming at the prohibition of such new types and new systems of weapons of mass destruction should be appropriately pursued,

Expressing once again its firm belief, in the light of the decisions adopted at the tenth special session, in the importance of concluding an agreement or agreements to prevent the use of scientific and technological progress for the development of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons,

Noting that in the course of its session in 1985 the Conference on Disarmament considered the item entitled

"New types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons; radiological weapons",

Convinced that all ways and means should be utilized to prevent the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons,

Taking into consideration the part of the report of the Conference on Disarmament relating to this question, 31 I. Reaffirms the necessity of prohibiting the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament, in the light of its existing priorities, to keep constantly under review, with the assistance of a periodically convened group of experts, the question of the prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons with a view to making, when necessary, recommendations on undertaking specific negotiations on the identified types of such weapons;

Calls upon all States to contribute, immediately following the identification of any new type of weapon of mass destruction, to the commencement of negotiations on its prohibition with the simultaneous introduction of a moratorium on its practical development;

Once again urges all States to refrain from any action that could adversely affect the efforts aimed at the prevention of the emergence of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons;

Calls again upon all States to undertake efforts to ensure that ultimately scientific and technological achievements may be used solely for peaceful purposes;

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

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to submit a report on the results achieved to the General Assembly for consideration at its forty-first session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session the item entitled "Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons: report of the Conference on Disarmament".

29 See resolution S-10/2, para. 63 (c). 30 See O/licial Records of the Security Council, Thirty-fifth Year, Supplement for July, August and September I 980, document SI 141 79.

31 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fortieth Session, Supplement 33 See resolution 35146. annex. para. 15. No. 27 (A/40/27 and Corr. I), paras. 102 and IOS-109.

34 See Official Records o( the General Assemblv. For11e1h Session. Supple- 32 Ibid .. Twelfth Special Session. Annexes. agenda items 9 to 13 document men1 No. 42 (A/40/42). para. 28 • AIS-12/32, para. 62.

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