The Role of Science and Technology in the Context of International Security and Disarmament

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 63 Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1996–1997

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1997	A/RES/52/33	The role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament	501	84%Compare
1997	A/RES/51/39	The role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament	509	71%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/62	The role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament	456	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Disarmament Disarmament Negotiations Dual-Use Technology Guidelines International Security Report Preparation Science and Technology Technology Transfer

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Affirms that scientific and technological progress should be used for the benefit of all mankind to promote the sustainable economic and social development of all States and to safeguard international security, and that international cooperation in the use of science and technology through the transfer and exchange of technological know-how for peaceful purposes should be promoted;

Invites Member States to undertake additional efforts to apply science and technology for disarmament-related purposes and to make disarmament-related technologies available to interested States;

Urges Member States to undertake multilateral negotiations with the participation of all interested States in order to establish universally acceptable, non-discriminatory guidelines for international transfers of dual-use goods and technologies and high technology with military applications;

Recalls the report of the Secretary-General entitled "Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security",³ and requests the Secretary-General to update and further develop that report in order to evaluate the impact of recent scientific and technological developments, especially those which have potential military applications, and to submit a report to the General Assembly no later than at its fifty-third session;

³A/45/568.

Encourages United Nations bodies to contribute, within existing mandates, to promoting the application of science and technology for peaceful purposes;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session the item entitled "The role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament".

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