Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons Resolutions

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 55 Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons, published in 1990.

What else is in this group?

54 documents · 1973–1991

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1991).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1991	A/RES/46/35[C]	Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/46/35[B]	Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/46/35[A]	Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/46/35	Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutions	785	–
1991	A/RES/45/57[C]	Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutions	—	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Biological Weapons Chemical and Biological Warfare Chemical Weapons Chemical Weapons Use Conference and Meeting Services Conferences Confidence-Building Measures Consultations Declarations Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Guidelines Information Exchange Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications

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9 operative paragraphs

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Renews its call to all States to observe strictly the principles and objectives of the Protocol for the Prohi bition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of War fare, and to abide by the commitments undertaken in the Final Declaration of the Conference of States Par ties to the 1925 Geneva Protocol and Other Interested States, held in Paris in January 1989;35

Notes the progress made in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on Chemical Weapons of the Confer ence on Disarmament during its 1990 session, and the results recorded in the Committee's report;

Expresses its regret and concern that a convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction has not yet been concluded;

Strongly urges the Conference on Disarmament, as a matter of highest priority, to intensify during its 1991 session its efforts to resolve outstanding issues, and to conclude its negotiations on a convention, taking into account all existing proposals and future initiatives, and to re-establish its Ad Hoc Committee on Chemical Weapons for that purpose;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to re port to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session on the results of its negotiations;

Stresses the particular significance and import ance of declarations made by States on whether or not they possess chemical weapons and of further interna tional exchanges of data and other relevant information in connection with the negotiations on such a conven tion;

Encourages all States to take further initiatives, measures and steps to promote confidence and open ness in order to contribute to an early agreement on, and universal adherence to, such a convention;

Invites all States to make every effort to ensure its early entry into force and its effective implementa tion;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-sixth session the item entitled "Chemical and bac teriological (biological) weapons".

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Genenl Assembly-Forty-nnlll Session 44 N45/592.

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