Review of the Implementation of the Recommendations and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly at Its 10th Special Session

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 73 Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session, published in 1997.

What else is in this group?

120 documents · 1979–2002

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2002).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/26	Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session resolutions	829	–
2001	A/RES/55/35	Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session resolutions	1,167	–
1999	A/RES/54/56	Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session	932	–
1999	A/RES/53/79	Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session	1,162	–
1997	A/RES/52/40[C]	Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session resolutions	—	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Disarmament Disarmament Negotiations Recommendations

What’s in this document?

27 operative paragraphs

A

Recognizes the legitimate aspirations of all countries that have applied for membership to participate fully in the work of the Conference on Disarmament;

Calls upon the Conference on Disarmament to consider all remaining applications for membership with a view to reaching a decision on its further enlargement before the end of its 1997 session.

B

Takes note of the report of the Disarmament Commission;3

Commends the Disarmament Commission for its adoption by consensus, at its 1996 substantive session, of a set of guidelines for international arms transfers in the context of General Assembly resolution 46/36 H of 6 December 1991,⁵which were recommended to the Assembly for consideration;

⁵Ibid., annex I.

Endorses the guidelines for international arms transfers in the context of General Assembly resolution 46/36 H of 6 December 1991, as adopted by the Disarmament Commission;

Notes with satisfaction that the Disarmament Commission has made significant progress in the discussions on its agenda item regarding the convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament;

Reaffirms the importance of further enhancing the dialogue and cooperation among the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament;

Also reaffirms the role of the Disarmament Commission as the specialized, deliberative body within the United Nations multilateral disarmament machinery that allows for in-depth deliberations on specific disarmament issues, leading to the submission of concrete recommendations on those issues;

Encourages the Disarmament Commission to continue to make every effort to enhance its working methods so as to enable it to give focused consideration to a limited number of priority issues in the field of disarmament, bearing in mind the decision it has taken to move its agenda towards a three-item phased approach;

Requests the Disarmament Commission to continue its work in accordance with its mandate, as set forth in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly,⁶and with paragraph 3 of Assembly resolution 37/78 H of 9 December 1982, and to that end to make every effort to achieve specific recommendations on the items of its agenda, taking into account the adopted "Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission";⁷

⁶Resolution S-10/2.

⁷A/CN.10/137.

Recommends that, pursuant to the adopted three-item phased approach, the Disarmament Commission, at its 1996 organizational session, adopt the following items for consideration at its 1997 substantive session:

The establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at among the States of the region concerned;

The fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament;

[to be added];⁸

⁸The new item on conventional weapons will be decided by the Disarmament Commission at its 1996 organizational session.

Requests the Disarmament Commission to meet for a period not exceeding four weeks during 1997 and to submit a substantive report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Disarmament Commission the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament,1 together with all the official records of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly relating to disarmament matters, and to render all assistance that the Commission may require for implementing the present resolution;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure full provision to the Disarmament Commission and its subsidiary bodies of interpretation and translation facilities in the official languages and to assign, as a matter of priority, all the necessary resources and services, including verbatim records, to that end;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session the item entitled "Report of the Disarmament Commission".

C

Reaffirms the role of the Conference on Disarmament as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community;

Welcomes the determination of the Conference on Disarmament to fulfil that role in the light of the evolving international situation, with a view to making early substantive progress on priority items of its agenda;

Also welcomes the decision taken by the Conference on Disarmament on 17 June 1996 to expand its membership with the admission of twenty-three new members;2

Encourages the Conference on Disarmament to continue further review of its membership;

Also encourages the Conference on Disarmament to intensify further the ongoing review of its agenda and methods of work;

Urges the Conference on Disarmament to make every effort to reach a consensus on its agenda and programme of work at the beginning of its 1997 session;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure the provision to the Conference on Disarmament of adequate administrative, substantive and conference support services;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session the item entitled "Report of the Conference on Disarmament".

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