Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons

A/RES/52/39[C]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 72c Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

31 versions · 1983–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/59

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/59	Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons	445	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/64	Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons	445	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/55	Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons	445	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/82	Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons	445	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/56	Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons	445	99%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Nuclear Weapons Use

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

A/RES/52/39 [C]

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Reiterates its request to the Conference on Disarmament to commence negotiations, in order to reach agreement on an international convention prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons under any circumstances, taking as a possible basis the draft Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons contained in the annex to the present resolution;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to report to the General Assembly on the results of those negotiations.

Draft Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of

Nuclear Weapons

The States Parties to the present Convention,

Alarmed by the threat to the very survival of mankind posed by the existence of nuclear weapons,

Convinced that any use of nuclear weapons constitutes a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and a crime against humanity,

Desiring to achieve a multilateral, universal and binding agreement prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons,

Bearing in mind the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice that there exists an obligation of all States to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control,

Determined, therefore, to achieve a universal nuclear weapons convention prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons, leading to their ultimate destruction,

Convinced that the present Convention would be an important step in a phased programme towards the complete elimination of nuclear weapons within a time-bound framework,

Determined to continue negotiations for the achievement of this goal,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

The States Parties to the present Convention solemnly undertake not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons under any circumstances.

Article 2

The present Convention shall be of unlimited duration.

Article 3

The present Convention shall be open to all States for signature. Any State that does not sign the Convention before its entry into force in accordance with paragraph 3 of the present article may accede to it at any time.

The present Convention shall be subject to ratification by signatory States. Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The present Convention shall enter into force on the deposit of instruments of ratification by twenty-five Governments, including the Governments of the five nuclear-weapon States, in accordance with paragraph 2 of the present article.

For States whose instruments of ratification or accession are deposited after the entry into force of the Convention, it shall enter into force on the date of the deposit of their instruments of ratification or accession.

The depositary shall promptly inform all signatory and acceding States of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession and the date of entry into force of the present Convention, as well as of the receipt of other notices.

The present Convention shall be registered by the depositary in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

Article 4

The present Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send duly certified copies thereof to the Governments of the signatory and acceding States.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention, opened for signature at on the day of one thousand nine hundred and .

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