Role of Science and Technology in the Context of International Security and Disarmament

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100 Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 1999–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/22

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/22	Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament	763	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/23	Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament	761	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/22	Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament	768	93%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/43	Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament	757	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/24	Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament	757	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

9 reports · 2018–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/246	Current developments in science and technology and their potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/22
2025	A/80/237	Current developments in science and technology and their potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/23
2024	A/79/224	Current developments in science and technology and their potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/22
2023	A/78/268	Current developments in science and technology and their potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/43
2022	A/77/188	Current developments in science and technology and their potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/24

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Conferences Disarmament International Security Science and Technology

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Invites Member States to continue efforts to apply developments in science and technology for disarmament-related purposes, including the verification of disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation instruments, and to make disarmament-related technologies available to interested States;

Calls upon Member States to remain vigilant in understanding new and emerging developments in science and technology that could imperil international security, and underlines the importance of Member States engaging with experts from industry, the research community and civil society in addressing this challenge;

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on current developments in science and technology and their potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts,² in which he highlights recent developments in science and technology, including in artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, biology and chemistry, advanced missile and missile-defence technologies, space-based technologies, electromagnetic technologies and materials technologies, and takes note of the section containing submissions from Member States giving their views on the matter;

²A/73/177.

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session an updated report on recent developments in science and technology and their potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts, with an annex containing submissions from Member States giving their views on the matter;

Encourages the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters to continue its discussions on current developments in science and technology and their potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts;

Requests the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research to convene, from voluntary contributions, a one-day focused informal seminar in Geneva in 2019 on the role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament, in order to facilitate dialogue among relevant stakeholders on current developments in science and technology and their potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session the item entitled “Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament”.

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