Report of the Disarmament Commission

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 92d Report of the Disarmament Commission, published in 2007.

What other versions does this mandate have?

33 versions · 1960–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/66

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/66	Report of the Disarmament Commission	1,122	94%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/72	Report of the Disarmament Commission	1,072	85%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/62	Report of the Disarmament Commission	1,100	77%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/90	Report of the Disarmament Commission	1,184	87%Compare
2018	A/RES/73/82	Report of the Disarmament Commission	1,088	77%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Confidence-Building Measures Conventional Weapons Coordination Within UN System Disarmament Institutional Machinery Language Services Meeting Records Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Non-Proliferation Report Preparation Subsidiary Bodies

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Disarmament Commission;1

Reaffirms the validity of its decision 52/492 of 8 September 1998, concerning the efficient functioning of the Disarmament Commission;

Decides to adopt the following additional measures for improving the effectiveness of the Disarmament Commission’s methods of work:

The Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies should be elected at an organizational session of the Commission, if possible at least three months before the beginning of the substantive session; the regional groups should, accordingly, present their candidates as soon as possible to ensure that such elections take place within that time frame;

Member States are encouraged to adopt the draft agenda of the substantive session of the Commission as early as possible at the organizational meetings of the Commission;

Member States are encouraged to present their national working documents to the Commission as early as possible before the beginning of the substantive session to facilitate deliberation in the meetings ahead;

The Commission should make efforts to strengthen dialogue with other bodies of the disarmament machinery of the United Nations, that is, the First Committee of the General Assembly and the Conference on Disarmament;

The Commission is encouraged to invite, as appropriate, experts on disarmament, including those at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, for discussions at its plenary meetings;

The Secretariat is requested to improve the Commission section of the United Nations website to provide better communication and up-to-date information about the work of the Commission, and in particular to make available in a timely manner the information and documentation relevant to the Commission’s deliberations;

Reaffirms the mandate 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;

Also reaffirms the importance of further enhancing the dialogue and cooperation between the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament;

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,³ and 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 on its agenda, taking into account the adopted “Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission”;⁴

³Resolution S-10/2.

⁴A/CN.10/137.

Recommends that the Disarmament Commission continue the consideration of the following items at its 2007 substantive session:

Recommendations for achieving the objective of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons;

Practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weapons;

Requests the Disarmament Commission to meet for a period not exceeding three weeks during 2007, namely from 9 to 27 April, and to submit a substantive report to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Disarmament Commission the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament,⁵ together with all the official records of the sixty-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;

⁵Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/61/27).

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 sixty-second session the item entitled “Report of the Disarmament Commission”.

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