Information on Confidence-Building Measures in the Field of Conventional Arms

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 101z Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 2004–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/59

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/59	Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms	464	94%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/72	Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms	475	98%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/54	Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms	469	96%Compare
2018	A/RES/73/51	Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms	471	68%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/35	Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms	401	98%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2011

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2011	A/66/176	Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/65/63

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Confidence-Building Measures Conventional Weapons Databases Information Exchange

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Welcomes all confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms already undertaken by Member States;

Encourages Member States to continue to adopt and apply confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms;

Invites Member States to submit to the Secretariat, on a voluntary basis, information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms;

Encourages Member States to establish or continue dialogues on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms;

Appreciates the continuing operation of the Secretariat database containing information provided by Member States,² and requests the Secretary-General to keep the database updated and to assist Member States, at their request, in confidence-building activities and in the organization of seminars, courses and workshops aimed at enhancing the knowledge of new developments in this field;

²See www.un.org/disarmament/cbms.

Welcomes the adoption by the Disarmament Commission in April 2017 of recommendations on practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weapons;³

³Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/72/42), annex.

Notes that, in those recommendations, Member States are encouraged, as appropriate, and on a voluntary basis, to exchange information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weapons at the bilateral, subregional, regional and international levels and to draw lessons learned from other mechanisms;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms”.

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