Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 59 Prevention of an arms race in outer space, published in 1989.

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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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12 subjects

Arms Race Disarmament Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Documents International Security Outer Space Space Environment Space Exploration United States Ussr Verification

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13 operative paragraphs

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;

Recognizes, as stated in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Conference on Disarmament, that the legal régime applicable to outer space by itself does not guarantee the prevention of an arms race in outer space, that this legal régime plays a significant role in the prevention of an arms race in that environment, the need to consolidate and reinforce that régime and enhance its effec-

tiveness, and the importance of strict comI?liance with existing agreements, both bilateral and mult1lateral; 31 Emphasizes that further measures with appropriate and effective provisions for verification to pre~ent an ~rms race in outer space should be adopted by the mternat10nal community;

Calls upon ali States, in particular those wi.th l!lajor space capabilities, to contribute actJvely to the obJect1ve of the peaceful use of outer space and to take im.med1a_te measures to prevent an arms race in outer space m_ the mterest of maintaining international peace and secunty an? promoting international co-operation and understandmg;

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 agreem~nts, as appropriate, c:m the prevention of an arms race m outer space m ali 1ts aspects;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament t<? consider as a matter of priority the question of preventmg an arms race in outer space;

Also requests the Conference 01,1 Disarmament to _intensify its consideration of the ques~1on of the pre~en~1on of an arms race in outer space in ali 1ts aspects, takmg mto account ali relevant proposals and initiatives, including those presented in the Ad Hoc Committe~ at the _I 988 session of the Conference and at the forty-th1rd sess1on of the General Assembly;

Further requests the Conference on Disarmament to re-establish an ad hoc committee with an adequate mandate at the beginning of its 1989 session, with a view to undertaking negotiations for the conclusion of an agreement or agreements, as appropriate, to prevent an arms race in outer space in ali its aspects;

Urges the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America to pursue intensively their bilateral negotiations in a construct!ve spirit aimed ~t reaching early agreement for preventmg an arms _race m outer space, and to advise the Conference on D1sarmament periodically of the progress of their bilateral sessions so as to facilitate its work;

Calls upan ali States, especially those with major space capabilities, to refrain, in their activities relating to outer space, from actions contrary to the observance of~he relevant existing treaties or to the objective of preventmg an arms race in outer space;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the question of the prevention of an arms race in outer space,31' submitted in accordance with resolution 42/33 of 30 November 1987;

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

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

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

22 Ojjicial Record, of tlie General Assembly. Forricth Session. Supplement No. 27 and c:orrigendum (A/40/27 ami Cnrr.1 ). sect. 111.F 23 See A/41/697-S/18J92, annex. sec:t. 1, para. 49.

24 'Íél' A/43/391-S/!99}11, annex l.

IU. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee 25 Resolution 2222 (XXI), annex.

zs See Official Record, of the General Assembly. Forty-third Session,

26 A/41/697-S/18392, annex, paras. 36-39.

Suf¡lement No. 27 (A/43/27), para. 80.

• 27 See Report of the Second United Natwns Conference on the United Nations, Treatv Series, vol. 944, No. 13446. Exploration and Peaceful Uses ofOuter Space, Vienna, 9-21 August 1982 30 Official Records of Íhe General Assembly, Forty-third Session, (A/CONF.101/10 and Corr. l and 2), para. 426.

Supplemcnt No. 27 (A/43/27), sect. 111.E.

General Assembly-Forty-third Sessión IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ÜECLARATION 33 Official Records o} the General Assembly, Twentieth Session,

Annexes, agenda item 105, document A/5975.

34 See A/42/699, annex l.

35 A/39/470. 31 /bid., para. 80 (para. 48 of the quoted text).

36 Officíal Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session, 32 A/43/506 and Corr. 1 and Add. l and 2.

Supplement No. 42 (A/43/42).

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