Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 97bb Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2013–2017

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2017).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2017	A/RES/72/31	Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations	1,476	55%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/258	Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations	1,427	60%Compare
2015	A/RES/70/33	Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations	1,060	52%Compare
2014	A/RES/69/41	Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations	932	64%Compare
2013	A/RES/68/46	Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations	911	50%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2014

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2014	A/69/154	Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/68/46

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Disarmament Negotiations Nuclear Disarmament Working Groups

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Reiterates that the universal objective of taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations remains the achievement and maintenance of a world without nuclear weapons, and emphasizes the importance of addressing issues related to nuclear weapons in a comprehensive, inclusive, interactive and constructive manner, for the advancement of multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations;

Reaffirms the urgency of securing substantive progress in multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations, and to this end decides to convene an open-ended working group to substantively address concrete effective legal measures, legal provisions and norms that will need to be concluded to attain and maintain a world without nuclear weapons;

Decides that the open-ended working group shall also substantively address recommendations on other measures that could contribute to taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations, including but not limited to (a) transparency measures related to the risks associated with existing nuclear weapons; (b) measures to reduce and eliminate the risk of accidental, mistaken, unauthorized or intentional nuclear weapon detonations; and (c) additional measures to increase awareness and understanding of the complexity of and interrelationship between the wide range of humanitarian consequences that would result from any nuclear detonation;

Encourages all Member States to participate in the open-ended working group;

Decides that the open-ended working group shall convene in Geneva, in 2016, as a subsidiary body of the General Assembly and under its rules of procedure, for up to 15 working days, within available time frames, with the participation and contribution of international organizations and civil society representatives, in accordance with established practice, and shall hold its organizational session as soon as possible;

Calls upon States participating in the open-ended working group to make their best endeavours to reach general agreement;

Decides that the open-ended working group shall submit a report on its substantive work and agreed recommendations to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, which will assess progress made, taking into account developments in other relevant forums;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide, within available resources, the support necessary to convene the open-ended working group and to transmit the report of the working group to the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission and to the international conference foreseen in paragraph 6 of resolution 68/32;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-first session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations”.

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