Strengthening and Developing the System of Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Treaties and Agreements

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 103oo Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements, published in 2020.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2019–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/61

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/61	Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements	914	93%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/78	Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements	913	96%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/68	Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements	883	100%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/66	Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements	883	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Disarmament Agreements International Cooperation Treaty Compliance

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Urges all States parties to arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements to implement all provisions of such treaties and agreements in their entirety;

Calls for continued efforts to strengthen the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements and to preserve its integrity and validity for maintaining global stability and international peace and security;

Calls upon all Member States to give serious consideration to the negative implications of undermining arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements and their regimes for international security and stability, as well as for progress in the field of disarmament;

Urges all Member States to support efforts aimed at the resolution of implementation issues by means consistent with arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements and international law, with a view to encouraging strict observance by all States parties of the provisions of such treaties and agreements, maintaining or restoring the integrity of such treaties and agreements and strengthening and developing their regimes;

Considers that any actions that undermine the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements also undermine global stability and international peace and security;

Supports efforts by the international community, in the light of emerging developments, towards safeguarding the integrity of the existing arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements, which is in the strongest interest of humankind;

Welcomes the role that the United Nations has played and continues to play in fostering negotiations on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements;

Expresses the need to maintain the effectiveness and efficiency as well as the consensus-based nature of the relevant multilateral instruments in the field of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide assistance that may be necessary in protecting the integrity of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements, and in strengthening the system of such treaties and agreements;

Encourages States in a position to do so to provide, upon request, technical assistance and capacity-building in support of national implementation of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements by Member States;

Encourages efforts by all States parties to elaborate additional cooperative measures, as appropriate, that can increase confidence in existing arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements and facilitate the conclusion of additional treaties and agreements of that kind;

Notes the importance of effective verification provisions for arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements”.

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