Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98nn Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 2015–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/50

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/50	Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons	731	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/37	Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons	724	93%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/34	Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons	677	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/53	Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons	671	93%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/30	Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons	632	99%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Human Security Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Weapons

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Stresses that it is in the interest of the very survival of humanity that nuclear weapons never be used again, under any circumstances;

Emphasizes that the only way to guarantee that nuclear weapons will never be used again is their total elimination;

Stresses that the catastrophic effects of a nuclear weapon detonation, whether by accident, miscalculation or design, cannot be adequately addressed;

Expresses its firm belief that awareness of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear weapons must underpin all approaches and efforts towards nuclear disarmament;

Calls upon all States, in their shared responsibility, to prevent the use of nuclear weapons, to prevent their vertical and horizontal proliferation and to achieve nuclear disarmament;

Urges States to exert all efforts to totally eliminate the threat of these weapons of mass destruction;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons”.

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