Scientific and Technological Developments and Their Impact on International Security

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 54 Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security, published in 1994.

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7 documents · 1990–1994

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1994	A/RES/49/67	Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security	436	–
1994	A/RES/48/66	Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security	437	–
1992	A/RES/47/43	Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security	—	–
1990	A/RES/45/60	Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security	384	–
1990	A/RES/44/118	Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security	607	–

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13 subjects

Databases Disarmament Experts International Security New Technologies Research Centres Science and Technology Scientific Cooperation Technical Cooperation Technology Assessment Verification Weapons Destruction Weapons Systems

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6 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General entitled "Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security" 2/ submitted in pursuance of General Assembly resolution 48/66 of 16 December 1993;

Fully agrees with the assessment that the application of new technologies for a qualitative improvement of weapons systems was seen as detracting from the efforts to reduce and eliminate the existing arsenals; 3/

Requests the Secretary-General to follow scientific and technological developments and to make a relevant assessment in keeping with the criteria presented to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session 4/ and to submit a report to the Assembly at its fiftieth session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to develop a database of concerned research institutions and experts with a view to promoting transparency and international cooperation in the applications of the scientific and technological developments for pursuing disarmament objectives such as disposal of weapons, conversion and verification, among others;

Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General their views and assessments;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session the item entitled "Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security".

Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/49/42), para. 22 (para. 6 of the quoted text).

A/49/502.

Ibid., para. 7.

A/45/568.

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