Review of the Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 72b Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security, published in 1989.

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13 documents · 1983–1994

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1994	A/RES/48/83	Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security	1,008	–
1993	A/RES/47/60[B]	Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security resolutions	—	–
1993	A/RES/47/60[A]	Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security resolutions	—	–
1993	A/RES/47/60	Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/45/80	Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security	—	–

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20 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the validity of the Declaration on the Strengthening oflnternational Security, and calls upon ali States to contribute effectively to its implementation;

Urges once again ali States to abide strictly, in their international relations, by their commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and, to this end:

To refrain from the use or threat ofuse offorce, intervention, interference, aggression, foreign occupation and colonial domination or measures of political and economic coercion, which viola te the sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence and security of other States, as well as the permanent sovereignty of peoples over their natural resources;

To refrain from supporting or encouraging any such act for any reason whatsoever and to reject and refuse recognition of situations brought about by any such act;

To seek, through more effective utilization of the means provided for in the Charter, the peaceful settlement of disputes and the elimination of the focal points of crisis and tension, which constitute a threat to international peace and security;

Calls upan ali States, in particular the nuclearweapon States and other militarily significant States, to take immediate steps aimed at:

Promoting and using effectively the system of collective security as envisaged in the Charter;

Halting effectively the arms race and achieving general and complete disarmament under effective international control and, to this end, to conduct serious, meaningful and effective negotiations with a view to implementing the recommendations and decisions contained in the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly13 and to fulfilling the priority tasks listed in the Programme of Action set forth in section 111 of the Final Document;

Invites ali States, in particular the major military Powers and States members of military alliances, to refrain, especially in critica! situations and in crisis areas, from actions, including military activities and manoeuvres, conceived within the context of East-West confron-

rn Resolution 2734 (XXV).

tation and used as a means of pressure or threat to and destabilization of other States and regions;

Expresses its conviction that the gradual military disengagement of the great Powers and their military alliances from various parts of the world should be promoted;

Emphasizes the role that the United Nations has in the maintenance ofinternational peace and security and in economic and social development and progress for the benefit of ali mankind;

Stresses that there is a need further to enhance the etfectiveness of the Security Council in discharging its principal role of maintaining international peace and security and to enhance the authority and enforcement capacity of the Council in accordance with the Charter;

Reiterates the need for the Security Council, in particular its permanent members, to ensure the etfective implementation of its decisions in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Charter;

Emphasizes that there can be no lasting peace and security in the world without the solution of the international economic problems, particularly those of the developing countries, and the ensuring of the sustained growth and development of the world economy;

Considers that respect for and promotion ofhuman rights and fundamental freedoms in their civil, political, economic, social and cultural aspects, on the one hand, and the strengthening of international peace and security, on the other, mutually reinforce each other;

Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples under colonial domination, foreign occupation or racist régimes and their inalienable right to self-determination and independence, and urges Member States to increase their support for and solidarity with them and their national liberation movements and to take urgent and etfective measures for the speedy completion of the implementation ofthe Declaration on the Granting oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples136 and for the final elimination of colonialism, racism and apartheid;

Calls upon ali States, particularly the members of the Security Council, to take appropriate and etfective measures to promote the fulfilment of the objective of the denuclearization of Africa in order to avert the serious danger that the nuclear capability of South Africa constitutes to the African States, in particular the front-line States, as well as to international peace and security;

Reaffirms that the democratization of international relations is an imperative necessity enabling, under the ?onditions of interdependence, the ful! development and mdependence of ali States, as well as the attainment of genuine security, peace and co-operation in the world, and stresses its firm belief that the United Nations otfers the best framework for the promotion of these goals;

Invites Member States to submit their views on the question of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session on the basis of the replies received;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-fourth session the ítem entitled "Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security".

117 A/ 43/7 32.

1-18 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session. 136 Resolution 1514 (XV).

Fi"1 Committee, 47th to 'í41h meetings, and corrigendum.

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