Compliance with Non-Proliferation, Arms Limitation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99aa Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2009–2021

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/76/33

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2021	A/RES/76/33	Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments	675	93%Compare
2017	A/RES/72/32	Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments	639	99%Compare
2014	A/RES/69/59	Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments	639	96%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/49	Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments	633	75%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/59	Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments	534	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Arms Limitation Disarmament Disarmament Agreements Nuclear Non-Proliferation Nuclear Weapons Treaty Compliance

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Underscores the contribution that compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and with other agreed obligations makes to enhancing confidence and to strengthening international security and stability;

Urges all States to implement and to comply fully with their respective obligations;

Welcomes efforts by all States to pursue additional areas of cooperation, as appropriate, that can increase confidence in compliance with existing non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments and reduce the possibility of misinterpretation and misunderstanding;

Calls upon all Member States to encourage and, for those States in a position to do so, to appropriately assist States which request assistance to increase their capacity to implement fully their obligations;

Calls upon Member States to support efforts aimed at the resolution of compliance questions by means consistent with such agreements and with international law;

Welcomes the role that the United Nations has played and continues to play in maintaining the integrity of certain arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation agreements and in addressing threats to international peace and security;

Calls upon all concerned States to take concerted action, in a manner consistent with relevant international law, to encourage, through bilateral and multilateral means, the compliance by all States with their respective non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and with other agreed obligations, and to hold those not in compliance with such agreements accountable for their non-compliance in a manner consistent with the Charter of the United Nations;

Urges those States not currently in compliance with their respective obligations and commitments to make the strategic decision to come back into compliance;

Encourages efforts by all States, the United Nations and other international organizations, pursuant to their respective mandates, to take action, consistent with the Charter, to prevent serious damage to international security and stability arising from non-compliance by States with their existing non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament obligations;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments”.

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