Compliance with Arms Limitation and Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Agreements

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 62 Compliance with arms limitation and disarmament obligations, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1997–2003

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/57/86

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2003	A/RES/57/86	Compliance with arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements	655	76%Compare
1997	A/RES/52/30	Compliance with arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements	707	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Arms Limitation Confidence-Building Measures Disarmament Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations International Security Nuclear Non-Proliferation Verification

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Urges all States parties to arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements to implement and comply with the entirety of all provisions of such agreements;

Calls upon all Member States to give serious consideration to the implications that non-compliance by States parties with any provisions of arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements has for international security and stability, as well as for the prospects for progress in the field of disarmament;

Also calls upon all Member States to support efforts aimed at the resolution of compliance questions by means consistent with such agreements and international law, with a view to encouraging strict observance by all States parties of the provisions of arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements and maintaining or restoring the integrity of such agreements;

Welcomes the role that the United Nations has played and continues to play in restoring the integrity of, and fostering negotiations on, certain arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements and in the removal of threats to peace;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide assistance that may be necessary in restoring and protecting the integrity of arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements;

Encourages efforts by all States parties to develop additional cooperative measures, as appropriate, that can increase confidence in compliance with existing arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements and reduce the possibility of misinterpretation and misunderstanding;

Notes the contribution that verification experiments and research can make and already have made in confirming and improving verification procedures for arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements under study or negotiation, thereby providing an opportunity, from the time that such agreements enter into force, for enhancing confidence in the effectiveness of verification procedures as a basis for determining compliance;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session an item entitled "Compliance with arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements".

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