Follow-Up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 97cc Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

13 versions · 2013–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/49

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/49	Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament	1,344	96%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/47	Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament	1,295	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/27	Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament	1,292	97%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/47	Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament	1,268	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/36	Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament	1,262	98%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

13 reports · 2014–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/127	Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/47
2024	A/79/133	Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/27
2023	A/78/133	Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/47
2022	A/77/99	Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/36
2021	A/76/125	Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/45

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Conferences Disarmament Agreements International Days Nuclear Disarmament

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Underlines the strong support, expressed at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament, held on 26 September 2013, for taking urgent and effective measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons;

Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament;

Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons;

Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer, use or threat of use and to provide for their destruction;

Recalls its decision to convene, no later than 2018, a United Nations high-level international conference on nuclear disarmament to review the progress made in this regard;

Stresses the need to establish a preparatory committee for the United Nations high-level international conference in New York;

Takes note of the views provided by Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, as reflected in the report submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 69/58,Error: Reference source not found and requests the Secretary-General to forward this report to the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission for their early consideration;

Welcomes the commemoration and promotion of 26 September as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons devoted to furthering this objective;

Expresses its appreciation to Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals that developed activities in promotion of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to organize, on 26 September every year, a one-day high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons;

Decides that the aforementioned high-level plenary meeting shall be held with the participation of Member and observer States, represented at the highest possible level, as well as with the participation of the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General;

Requests the Secretary-General to undertake all arrangements necessary to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, including through the United Nations Offices at Geneva and Vienna, as well as the United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament;

Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world;

Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-first session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament”.

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