General and Complete Disarmament Resolutions

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 62 General and complete disarmament, published in 1995.

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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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A/RES/49/75 [E]

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See resolution S-10/2, para. 120.

See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/47/27), appendix I.

Identifies the following general areas for step-by-step reduction of the nuclear threat:

Area A. Steps to counter, inter alia:

The acquisition and processing of special fissionable material for nuclear-weapon purposes;

The manufacture and testing of nuclear warheads and their delivery vehicles;

The assembly and deployment of nuclear-weapon systems;

by such means as:

Prohibiting the test explosion of nuclear weapons;

Cutting off the production of special fissile materials for weapon purposes;

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Ending production of nuclear warheads;

Ending the production and testing of intermediate- and long-range ballistic missiles for nuclear-weapon purposes;

Effective, legally binding measures to deter the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons;

Other related measures;

Area B. Steps to actuate, inter alia:

The withdrawal from deployment and disassembly of nuclear-weapon systems;

The secure storage and dismantlement of nuclear warheads and their delivery vehicles;

The elimination of special fissionable materials for nuclear-weapon purposes;

by such means as:

Standing down nuclear-weapon systems from high-alert status;

Separating nuclear warheads from their delivery vehicles;

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Placing nuclear warheads in secure storage;

Converting delivery vehicles, where appropriate, to peaceful uses;

Removing special nuclear materials from warheads;

Converting special nuclear materials to non-weapon purposes;

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Other related measures;

Area C. Steps to prepare, under international auspices:

An inventory of the nuclear arsenals, including:

All special fissile materials, nuclear warheads and their delivery vehicles;

All facilities devoted to the processing, manufacture, assembly and deployment of those items;

A reorientation of those facilities necessary to the task of implementing measures relating to area B;

The closure or conversion to peaceful purposes of all other such facilities in furtherance of measures relating to area A;

Asks Member States, in particular the nuclear-weapon States, to consider steps which they might take unilaterally, bilaterally, or in cooperation with other States to promote progress in the identified areas, and fully to inform the international community of any steps taken in this regard;

Recommends to the Conference on Disarmament that in 1995 it:

Develop from the three general areas identified in paragraph 1 of the present resolution a comprehensive set of practical, verifiable measures for possible negotiation in their next five- and ten-year periods;

Determine from that set a year-by-year sequence and combination of negotiations on specific measures to be commenced during the next five- and ten-year periods, with due regard to steps taken pursuant to paragraph 2;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to include in its 1995 report to the General Assembly a section on efforts undertaken in accordance with the recommendation set out in paragraph 3;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session an item entitled "Step-by-step reduction of the nuclear threat".

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