Follow-Up to the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99k Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

28 versions · 1999–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/33

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/33	Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons	1,142	96%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/32	Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons	1,126	98%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/33	Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons	1,124	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/57	Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons	1,118	92%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/53	Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons	1,052	97%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

20 reports · 2005–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/163	Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/32
2024	A/79/137	Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/33
2023	A/78/118	Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/57
2022	A/77/123	Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/53
2021	A/76/117	Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/66

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Advisory Opinions Disarmament Negotiations Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Weapons Use

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Underlines once again the unanimous conclusion of the International Court of Justice that there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control;

Calls once again upon all States to immediately engage in multilateral negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control, including under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons;

Requests all States to inform the Secretary-General of the efforts and measures which they have taken with respect to the implementation of the present resolution and nuclear disarmament, and requests the Secretary-General to apprise the General Assembly of that information at its seventy-eighth session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-eighth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons”.

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