General and Complete Disarmament

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 68 General and complete disarmament, published in 1986.

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239 documents · 1960–2002

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/24	General and complete disarmament resolutions	14,237	–
2001	A/RES/55/33	General and complete disarmament resolutions	16,682	–
2000	A/RES/54/54	General and complete disarmament resolutions	15,691	–
1999	A/RES/53/77	General and complete disarmament resolutions	17,006	–
1998	A/RES/52/38	General and complete disarmament	11,793	–

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10 operative paragraphs

Reaffirming the determination to save succeeding gener ations from the scourge of war that is expressed in the Pre amble to the Charter of the United Nations,

Again recognizing the urgent need for the harmonizing of political wills in order to promote initiatives aimed at reducing expenditure on armaments so that the resources thus released can be devoted to the social and economic development of all peoples,

Recalling paragraph 2 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly,10 in which it is stated, inter alia, that the nuclear and conventional arms build-up threatens to stall the efforts aimed at reach ing the goals of development, to become an obstacle on the road of achieving the new international economic order and to hinder the solution of other vital problems facing mankind,

Recallingfurther paragraphs 45 and 46 of the Final Doc ument of the Tenth Special Session, 10 in which it declared, inter alia, that priorities in disarmament negotiations should be: nuclear weapons; other weapons of mass des truction, including chemical weapons; conventional weap ons, including any which may be deemed to be excessively injurious or to have indiscriminate effects; and reduction of armed forces; and that nothing should preclude States from conducting negotiations on all priority items concur rently,

Recognizing that unilateral measures to limit or reduce armaments can make a contribution to the attainment of disarmament,

Recalling its resolution 3 7 /100 F of 13 December 1982 on regional disarmament, in which it stressed, inter alia, the importance of the regional measures already adopted, as well as of efforts of a regional nature undertaken in the field of nuclear and conventional disarmament,

Recalling also its resolutions 38/73 J of 15 December 1983 and 39/63 F of 12 December 1984 on regional dis armament,

Urges Governments, where the regional situation so permits and on the initiative of the States concerned, to consider and adopt appropriate measures at the regional level with a view to strengthening peace and security at a lower level of forces through the limitation and reduction of armed forces and conventional weapons, under strict and effective international control, taking into account the need of States to protect their security, bearing in mind the inherent right of self-defence enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and without prejudice to the principle of equal rights and of the self-determination of peoples, in conformity with the Charter, and taking into account the need to ensure balance in each phase and to avoid impair ing the security of any State;

Expresses its most firm support for recent unilateral measures, adopted by some Governments, which are intended to limit conventional armaments and reduce military expenditures and which contribute to the creation of an atmosphere favourable to the realization of conven tional disarmament on a regional scale;

Endorses most emphatically the recent regional and subregional initiatives directed towards the conclusion of agreements to limit armaments and reduce military expenditures;

Reaffirms the primary responsibility of the militarily significant States, especially the nuclear-weapon States, for halting and reversing the arms race, and the priority assigned to nuclear disarmament in the context of the advances towards general and complete disarmament;

Requests all States to facilitate progress towards regional disarmament by strictly honouring their commit ment to refrain from the threat or use of force and to con tribute to the creation of an atmosphere favourable to the realization of conventional disarmament on a regional scale;

Urges also countries which are suppliers of conven tional weapons to co-operate with regional efforts;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide interested Governments, upon request, with such technical services and assistance as may be useful in measures of conven tional disarmament on a regional scale and also requests him to submit a report on the situation with regard to this matter to the General Assembly at its forty-first session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session an item entitled "Conventional disarma ment on a regional scale".

12 December 1985 B

STUDY OF THE QUESTION OF NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES IN ALL ITS ASPECTS

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General and regrets that the Group of Governmental Experts on Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones was unable to complete the study;

Conveys its thanks to the Secretary-General, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Secretary-General of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America for the assistance they have given for the preparation of the study.

41 N40/520, annex.

42 United Nations publication, Sales No. E. 76.1. 7 45 The study was subsequently issued with the title Study on Conventional 43 A/39/400 Disarmament (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.85.IX.1 ). 44 A/40/379:

46 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fortieth Session, Supplement 49 A/40/553, annex. No. I (A/40/1).

SO Ibid .. annex. The study was subsequently issued wuh the title Concepts 47 A/40/486 and Add. I.

a( Secum.v (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.86.IX. I). 48 See Official Records of the General Assembl_v, Fortieth Sesswn, Supple 5! N40!535. ment No. 27 (A/40/27 and Corr. I), para. I 04.

----------------------=--------------- 52 Ibid., annex. The study was subsequently issued with the title The Naval 54 Ibid., Supplement No. 17 (A/40/27 and Corr. I ), sect. lll.B. Arms Race (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.86.JX.3).

55 A/39/277-S/16587, annex. For the printed text, see Official Records oj 53 See Official Records of the General Assembly. Fortieth Session, Supple the Security Council, Thirty-ninth Year, Supplement for April, May and June ment No. 27 (A/40/27 and Corr. I), paras. 10 and 1 2.

1984, document S/16587, annex.

56 Resolution 2832 (XXVI).

58 A/39/419 and Corr. I . 57 Official Records of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of 59 A/CN.10/70 and Add.1-5. the Sea, vol. XVII (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.84.V.3), document A/CONF.62/ I 22.

60 Resolutbn 2660 (XXV), annex.

61 Offu:ial Records of the General Asseml>lv. /·,1r11rrh Session. Supplement No. 27 (N40/27 and Corr. I), sect. Ill l.

. 62 See Review Conference o(the Part1e, to the Treatv on the Non-l'ro/ifera tron of Nuclear Weapons. Final Document, Parr I (NPT!CONF.1112211) (Geneva. 1980), para. 32

63 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fortieth Session. Supp/emem No. 4.f(A/40/42), para. 30.

General and Complete Disarmament

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