Humanitarian Pledge for the Prohibition and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98oo Humanitarian pledge for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2015–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/71/47	Humanitarian pledge for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons	793	92%Compare
2015	A/RES/70/48	Humanitarian pledge for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons	729	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Human Security Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Weapons Weapons Destruction

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Stresses the importance of having fact-based discussions and presenting findings and compelling evidence on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons in all relevant forums and within the United Nations framework, as they should be at the centre of all deliberations and the implementation of obligations and commitments with regard to nuclear disarmament;

Appeals to all States to follow the imperative of human security for all and to promote the protection of civilians against risks stemming from nuclear weapons;

Urges all States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons² to renew their commitment to the urgent and full implementation of their existing obligations under article VI, and calls upon all States to identify and pursue effective measures to fill the legal gap for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons and to cooperate with all stakeholders to achieve this goal;

²United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.

Calls upon all States to pursue an additional legal instrument or instruments with urgency and to support international efforts to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons;

Recalls that all such efforts are aimed at contributing to the full implementation of article VI of the Treaty and the achievement and maintenance of a world without nuclear weapons;

Requests all States possessing nuclear weapons, pending the total elimination of their nuclear weapon arsenals, to take concrete interim measures to reduce the risk of nuclear weapon detonations, including by reducing the operational status of nuclear weapons and moving nuclear weapons away from deployment and into storage, diminishing the role of nuclear weapons in military doctrines and rapidly reducing all types of nuclear weapons;

Calls upon all relevant stakeholders, States, international organizations, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, parliamentarians and civil society to cooperate in efforts to stigmatize, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons in the light of their unacceptable humanitarian consequences and associated risks;

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 pledge for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons”.

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