Objective Information on Military Matters, Including Transparency of Military Expenditures

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 65b Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

17 versions · 1994–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/12

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/12	Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures	1,364	98%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/33	Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures	1,343	99%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/24	Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures	1,338	85%Compare
2017	A/RES/72/20	Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures	1,515	84%Compare
2015	A/RES/70/21	Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures	1,416	87%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

23 reports · 2005–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/203	Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/12
2025	A/80/225	Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/33
2024	A/79/218	Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/33
2023	A/78/158	Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/33
2022	A/77/159	Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/24

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Consultations Guidelines Information Exchange Military Expenditures Organizational Structure Participants Periodic Reports Recommendations Reporting Procedures Standardization

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Recommends the guidelines and recommendations for objective information on military matters to all Member States for implementation, fully taking into account specific political, military and other conditions prevailing in a region, on the basis of initiatives and with the agreement of the States of the region concerned;

Calls upon all Member States to report annually, by 30 April, to the Secretary-General their military expenditures for the latest fiscal year for which data are available, using, for the time being, the reporting instrument as recommended in its resolution 35/142 B;

Requests the Secretary-General to circulate annually the reports on military expenditures as received from Member States;

Endorses the intention of the Secretary-General, as stated in his report,1 to resume consultations with relevant international bodies, within existing resources, with a view to ascertaining the requirements for adjusting the present instrument to encourage wider participation;

Requests the Secretary-General to make recommendations, based on the outcome of the intended consultations and taking into account the views of Member States, on necessary changes to the content and structure of the United Nations system for the standardized reporting of military expenditures in order to strengthen and broaden participation, and to submit a report on the subject to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session;

Calls upon all Member States, in time for the deliberation by the General Assembly at its fifty-third session, to provide the Secretary-General with their views on ways and means to strengthen and broaden participation in the United Nations system for the standardized reporting of military expenditures, including necessary changes to its content and structure;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures".

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