Addressing the Legacy of Nuclear Weapons : Providing Victim Assistance and Environmental Remediation to Member States Affected by the Use or Testing of Nuclear Weapons

A/RES/78/240View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99 General and complete disarmament, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2023–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/60

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/60	Addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons : providing victim assistance and environmental remediation to Member States affected by the use or testing of nuclear weapons	1,306	67%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/240	Addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons : providing victim assistance and environmental remediation to Member States affected by the use or testing of nuclear weapons	985	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2024

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2024	A/79/91	Addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons : providing victim assistance and environmental remediation to Member States affected by the use or testing of nuclear weapons report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/78/240

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Environmental Cleanup Nuclear Weapon Tests Nuclear Weapons Use

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Encourages further international cooperation and discussions to assist victims, and assess and remediate environments contaminated by the use and testing of nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices, including through bilateral, regional and multilateral frameworks, such as relevant treaties;

Urges that Member States, which have used or tested nuclear weapons or any other nuclear explosive devices, to share, as appropriate, technical and scientific information regarding the humanitarian and environmental consequences of such use and testing with Member States affected by the use or testing of nuclear weapons or any other nuclear explosive devices, and calls upon Member States, in a position to do so, to contribute technical and financial assistance, as appropriate;

Recognizes that the responsibility to address the harms resulting from a detonation of using or testing a nuclear weapon or any other nuclear explosive device lies, respectively, with the Member States that have done so;

Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views and proposals of Member States regarding efforts and ongoing needs related to victim assistance and environmental assessment and remediation, and to submit a substantiative report, with an annex containing those views, to the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session, for further discussion by Member States;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons: providing victim assistance and environmental remediation to Member States affected by the use or testing of nuclear weapons”.

50th (resumed) plenary meeting

22 December 2023

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