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THEMEKEYWORDS
Gender
NAM Involvement and Contributions
TPNW
Modernization and Development of Nuclear Weapons
Missiles
International Humanitarian Law and ICJ
Disarmament and the Environment
Disarmament and Nonproliferation
Arms Races
Bilateral Disarmament
Nuclear-Weapon States Obligations
Disarmament and Development
Verification
Nuclear Weapon Convention

On Disarmament


61st Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/61/L.8, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the disarmament-development relationship, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to assure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and sub-agencies; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.8, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.8, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.8, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millenium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose in 2006, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.8, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development in their agenda and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.8, Para 6) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.8, Para 7) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session the item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/61/L.7, Para 2) Call upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/61/L.6, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area ofdisarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintainingand strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.6, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.6, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.6, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.6, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 60/59; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.6, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.6, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session the item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/61/L.4, Para 2) Requests the Open-ended Working Group to hold an organizational session in order to set the date for its substantive sessions in 2007 and to submit a report on its work, including possible substantive recommendations, before the end of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.4, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to provide the Open-ended Working Group with the necessary assistance and services as may be required to discharge its tasks; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.5, Para 3) Calls upon those States that continue to maintain reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol to withdraw them; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.5, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.6, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.6, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.7, Para 2) Call upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.7, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing this information to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.8, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.8, Para 6) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.9, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/61/L.7, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiation treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.7, Para 2) Call upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.7, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.7, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing this information to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session; 

 

(A/C.1/61/L.7, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session the item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

62nd Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the disarmament-development relationship, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and sub-agencies; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose in 2006, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development in their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 6) Invites Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 of the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/62/L.14, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/62/L.13, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.13, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.13, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.13, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.13, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 61/62; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.13, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.13, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/62/L.14, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with theaforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.14, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.14, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectivesenvisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.14, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.14, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.18/Rev.1, Para 1) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States and relevant international organizations on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium, and to submit a report on this subject to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.18/Rev.1, Para 2) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/62/L.13, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.13, Para 6) Requests the States parties to the relevant instruments on weapons of mass destruction to consult and cooperate among themselves in resolving their concerns with regard to cases of non-compliance as well as on implementation, in accordance with the procedures defined in those instruments, and to refrain from resorting or threatening to resort to unilateral actions or directing unverified non-compliance accusations against one another to resolve their concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.13, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.14, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.14, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.15, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.16, Para 3) Requests the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to continue his informal consultations with the members of the Committee and to report through the Committee to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.16, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render, within existing resources, all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of summary records; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.17/Rev.1, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to provide the Open-ended Working Group with the necessary assistance and services as may be required to discharge its tasks; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.18/Rev.1, Para 1) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States and relevant international organizations on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium, and to submit a report on this subject to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 6) Invites Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/62/L.50, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 of the present resolution; 

 

63rd Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/63/L.23, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the disarmament-development relationship, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and sub-agencies; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.23, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.23, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.23, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose in 2008, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.23, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development in their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.23, Para 6) Reiterates the invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.23, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.23, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/63/L.20, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.20, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.20, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.20, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.20, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 62/27; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.20, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.20, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/63/L.21, Para 1)Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.21, Para 2)Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.21, Para 3Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.21, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.21, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.26, Para 1) Expresses its appreciation to the Member States and international organizations that submitted their views to the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 62/30; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.26, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.26, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.26, Para 4) Encourages Member States, particularly the affected States, as necessary, to facilitate the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.26, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on this subject to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session, reflecting the information presented by Member States and relevant international organizations including that submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.26, Para 6) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session an item entitled “Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/63/L.20, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.20, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.21, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.21, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.23, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.23, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.24, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.25, Para 3) Calls upon those States that continue to maintain reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol to withdraw them; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.25, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.26, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.26, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/63/L.26, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on this subject to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session, reflecting the information presented by Member States and relevant international organizations including that submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/63/L.21, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

64th Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/64/L.10, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the disarmament-development relationship, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and sub-agencies; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.10, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.10, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.10, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose in 2009, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.10, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development in their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.10, Para 6) Reiterates the invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.10, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.10, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session the item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/64/L.13, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.13, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.13, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.13, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.13, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 63/50; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.13, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.13, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session the item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/64/L.8, Para 3) Requests the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to continue his informal consultations with the members of the Committee and to report through the Committee to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.8, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render, within existing resources, all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of summary records; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.10, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.10, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.11, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.12, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.12, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing this information to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.13, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.13, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session; 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/64/L.12, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/64/L.12, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.12, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.12, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.12, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing this information to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session; 

 

(A/C.1/64/L.12, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session the item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

65th Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/65/L.13, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the disarmament-development relationship, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and sub-agencies; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.13, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.13, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.13, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose in 2011, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.13, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.13, Para 6Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.13, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.13, Para 8Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session the item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/65/L.15, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.15, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.15, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.15, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.15, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 64/34; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.15, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.15, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session the item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/65/L.14, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.14, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.14, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.14, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.14, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session the item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 1) Expresses its appreciation to the Member States and international organizations that submitted their views to the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 63/54; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 4) Encourages Member States, particularly the affected States, as necessary, to facilitate the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 5) Also encourages Member States to follow closely the development of the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on this subject to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, reflecting the information presented by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information presented pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium”. 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/65/L.14, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/65/L.12, Para 3) Calls upon those States that continue to maintain reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol to withdraw them; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.12, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.13, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.13, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.14, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.14, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.15, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.15, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.16, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.19, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on this subject to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, reflecting the information presented by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information presented pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/65/L.35, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General, from within available resources, to provide the Open-ended Working Group with the necessary assistance and services as may be required to discharge its tasks; 

 

66th Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/66/L.6, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the disarmament-development relationship, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and sub-agencies; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.6, Para 2Requests the Secretary-General to continue totake action, throughappropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the actionprogramme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.6, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.6, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose in 2012, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.6, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.6, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.6, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.6, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/66/L.8, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.8, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.8, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.8, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.8, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 65/54; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.8, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.8, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/66/L.7, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/66/L.5, Para 3) Requests the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to continue his informal consultations with the members of the Committee and to report through the Committee to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.5, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render, within existing resources, all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of summary records; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.6, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.6, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.7, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.7, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.8, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.8, Para 6) Requests the States parties to the relevant instruments on weapons of mass destruction to consult and cooperate among themselves in resolving their concerns with regard to cases of non-compliance as well as on implementation, in accordance with the procedures defined in those instruments, and to refrain from resorting or threatening to resort to unilateral actions or directing unverified non-compliance accusations against one another to resolve their concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.8, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.9, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/66/L.7, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.7, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.7, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.7, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session; 

 

(A/C.1/66/L.7, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

67th Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/67/L.20, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the disarmament-development relationship, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and subagencies; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.20, Para 2Requests the Secretary-General to continue totake action, throughappropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the actionprogramme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.20, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.20, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose in 2013, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.20, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.20, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.20, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.20, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session the item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/67/L.17, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/67/L.18, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.18, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.18, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.18, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.18, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 66/32; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.18, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.18, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session the item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 1) Expresses its appreciation to the Member States and international organizations that submitted their views to the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 65/55 and previous resolutions on the subject; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 4) Encourages Member States, particularly the affected States, as necessary, to facilitate the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 5) Also encourages Member States to follow closely the development of the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the subject to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, reflecting the information submitted by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session the item entitled “Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium”. 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.17, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.17, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.17, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.17, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.17, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session the item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/67/L.14, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.15, Para 3) Calls upon those States that continue to maintain reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol to withdraw them; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.15, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.16, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the subject to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, reflecting the information submitted by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.17, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.17, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.18, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.18, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.19, Para 3) Requests the President of the General Assembly, in collaboration with Member States, to make all the necessary arrangements for the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.20, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/67/L.20, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

68th Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/68/L.15, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the disarmament-development relationship, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and subagencies; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.15, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.15, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.15, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose in 2013, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.15, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.15, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-wideninggap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.15, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.15, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/68/L.17, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.17, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.17, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.17, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.17, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 67/38; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.17, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.17, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/68/L.6/Rev.1, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.6/Rev.1, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations, in the Conference on Disarmament, for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer and use or threat of use, and to provide for their destruction; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.6/Rev.1, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.6/Rev.1, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to make all the necessary arrangements to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.6/Rev.1, Para 9) Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.6/Rev.1, Para 10) Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.13, Para 3) Requests the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to continue his informal consultations with the members of the Committee and to report through the Committee to the General Assembly at its seventieth session; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.13, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render, within existing resources, all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of summary records; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.14, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.14, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.15, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the 1987 International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.15, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.16, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all support necessary, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.17, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.17, Para 6) Requests the States parties to the relevant instruments on weapons of mass destruction to consult and cooperate among themselves in resolving their concerns with regard to cases of non-compliance as well as on implementation, in accordance with the procedures defined in those instruments, and to refrain from resorting or threatening to resort to unilateral actions or directing unverified non-compliance accusations against one another to resolve their concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.17, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session; 

 

Nuclear Weapon Convention

 

(A/C.1/68/L.6/Rev.1, Para 3) Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.6/Rev.1, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations, in the Conference on Disarmament, for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer and use or threat of use, and to provide for their destruction; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.6/Rev.1, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

Nuclear-Weapon States Obligations

 

(A/C.1/68/L.6/Rev.1, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/68/L.14, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/68/L.14, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.14, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.14, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.14, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session; 

 

(A/C.1/68/L.14, Para 4) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

69th Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/69/L.42, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the relationship between disarmament and development, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and subagencies; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.42, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.42, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.42, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.42, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.42, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.42, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventieth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.42, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventieth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/69/L.39, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.39, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.39, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.39, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.39, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 68/38; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.39, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventieth session; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.39, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventieth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation. 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/69/L.41, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.41, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.41, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.41, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventieth session; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.41, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventieth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 1) Expresses its appreciation to the Member States and international organizations that submitted their views to the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 67/36 and previous resolutions on the subject; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 4) Encourages Member States, particularly the affected States, as necessary, to facilitate the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 5) Also encourages Member States to follow closely the development of the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 7) Encourages Member States in a position to do so to provide assistance to States affected by the use of arms and ammunitions containing depleted uranium, in particular inidentifying and managing contaminated sites and material; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the subject to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, reflecting the information submitted by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-first session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/69/L.38, Para 3) Calls upon those States that continue to maintain reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol to withdraw them; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.38, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.39, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.39, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventieth session; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.40, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all support necessary, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.41, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.42, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.42, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventieth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.43, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the subject to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, reflecting the information submitted by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer, use or threat of use and to provide for their destruction; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 9) Requests the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly to make all the necessary arrangements to commemorate and promote the International Day, including by convening an annual meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the International Day and to provide a platform for the promotion of these activities; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 10) Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals, to commemorate and promote the International Day through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 11) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventieth session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 12) Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its seventieth session; 

 

Nuclear-Weapon States Obligations

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/69/L.41, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Nuclear Weapon Convention

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 3) Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer, use or threat of use and to provide for their destruction; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 5) Recalls its decision to convene, no later than 2018, a United Nations high-level international conference on nuclear disarmament to review the progress made in this regard; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 6) Takes note of the views provided by Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, as reflected in the report submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 68/32, and requests that the Secretary-General forward this report to the Conference on Disarmament and the United Nations Disarmament Commission for their early consideration; 

 

(A/C.1/69/L.44, Para 11) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventieth session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

70th Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the relationship between disarmament and development, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and subagencies; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 7Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member Statespursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-first session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/70/L.9, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.9, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.9, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.9, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.9, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 69/54; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.9, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.9, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-first session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/70/L.7, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.7, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.8, Para 5) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all support necessary, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.9, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.9, Para 6) Requests the States parties to the relevant instruments on weapons of mass destruction to consult and cooperate among themselves in resolving their concerns with regard to cases of non-compliance as well as on implementation, in accordance with the procedures defined in those instruments, and to refrain from resorting or threatening to resort to unilateral actions or directing unverified non-compliance accusations against one another to resolve their concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.9, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.10, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer, use or threat of use and to provide for their destruction; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 10) Requests the President of the General Assembly to organize, on 26 September every year, a one-day high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 13) Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 14) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 15) Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.18, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render, within existing resources, all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of summary records; 

 

Nuclear Weapon Convention

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 3) Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer, use or threat of use and to provide for their destruction; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 7) Takes note of the views provided by Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, as reflected in the report submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 69/58, and requests the Secretary-General to forward this report to the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission for their early consideration; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 14) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

Nuclear-Weapon States Obligations

 

(A/C.1/70/L.15, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/70/L.7, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/70/L.7, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.7, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.7, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectivesenvisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.7, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session; 

 

(A/C.1/70/L.7, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-first session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

71st Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the relationship between disarmament and development, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and subagencies; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 8Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/71/L.45, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.45, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.45, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferationand disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.45, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.45, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containingthe replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area ofdisarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant toresolution 70/31; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.45, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.45, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/71/L.44, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.44, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regionaland multilateral measures so as tocontribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, dis armament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attainingsustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.44, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.44, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.44, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 1) Expresses its appreciation to the Member States and international organizations that submitted their views to the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 69/57 and previous resolutions on the subject; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 4) Encourages Member States, particularly the affected States, as necessary, to facilitate the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 5) Also encourages Member States to follow closely the development of the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment and clearance of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 7) Encourages Member States in a position to do so to provide assistance to States affected by the use of arms and ammunitions containing depleted uranium, in particular inidentifying and managing contaminated sites and material; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the subject to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, reflecting the information submitted by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/71/L.43, Para 2) Renews its previous call to all States to observe strictly the principles and objectives of the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, 1 and reaffirms the vital necessity of upholding its provisions; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.43, Para 3) Calls upon those States that continue to maintain reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol to withdraw them; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.44, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, dis armament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.44, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.45, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.45, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.46, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.62, Para 6) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all support necessary, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment and clearance of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.63, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the subject to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, reflecting the information submitted by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer, use or threat of use and to provide for their destruction; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 10) Requests the President of the General Assembly to organize, on 26 September every year, a one-day high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 12) Requests the Secretary-General to undertake all arrangements necessary to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, including through the United Nations Offices at Geneva an d Vienna, as well as the United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 13) Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 14) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 15) Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session; 

 

Nuclear-Weapon States Obligations

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

Nuclear Weapon Convention

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 3) Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer, use or threat of use and to provide fortheir destruction; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 7) Takes note of the views provided by Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, as reflected in the report submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 70/34, and requests the Secretary-General to forward this report to the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission for their early consideration; 

 

(A/C.1/71/L.64, Para 14) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/71/L.44, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, dis armament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

72nd Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the relationship between disarmament and development, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and subagencies; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizationsand research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into accountthe report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/72/L.32, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.32, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.32, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.32, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.32, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 71/61; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.32, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.32, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.34, Para 2) Commends the three regional centres for peace and disarmament for their sustained support to Member States over the past 30 years in implementing disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation activities through seminars and conferences, capacity-building and training, policy and technical expertise, and information and advocacy at the global, regional and national levels; 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/72/L.29, Para 3) Requests the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to continue his informal consultations with the members of the Committee and to report through the Committee to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.29, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render, within existing resources, all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of summary records; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.30, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.31, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.31, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.32, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.32, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.34, Para 6) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all support necessary, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, on a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to send letters to all States Members of the United Nations and members of specialized agencies inviting them to participate in the conference, and encourages all States Members of the United Nations and members of specialized agencies to participate in the conference at the highest level; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 10) Requests the Secretary-General to invite relevant regional and international organizations, including the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and institutions related to the treaties establishing nuclear-weapon-free zones, to participate in the conference; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 16) Reiterates its request to the President of the General Assembly to organize, on 26 September every year, a one-day high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 18) Requests the Secretary-General to undertake all arrangements necessary to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, including through the United Nations Offices at Geneva and Vienna, as well as the United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 19) Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 20) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on effective nuclear disarmament measures, including elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 21) Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session; 

 

Nuclear Weapon Convention

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 3) Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, ona comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 13) Takes note of the views provided by Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, as reflected in the report submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 71/71, and requests the Secretary-General to forward this report to the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission for their early consideration; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 20) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on effective nuclear disarmament measures, including elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

Nuclear-Weapon States Obligations

 

(A/C.1/72/L.45/Rev.1, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/72/L.31, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/72/L.31, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.31, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.31, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.31, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session; 

 

(A/C.1/72/L.31, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

73rd Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the relationship between disarmament and development, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and subagencies; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/73/L.15, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.15, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.15, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.15, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.15, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 72/48; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.15, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.15, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.18, Para 2) Commends the three regional centres for peace and disarmament for their sustained support to Member States over the past 30 years in implementing disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation activities through seminars and conferences, capacity-building and training, policy and technical expertise, and information and advocacy at the global, regional and national levels; 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 1) Expresses its appreciation to the Member States and international organizations that submitted their views to the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 71/70 and previous resolutions on the subject; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 4) Encourages Member States, particularly the affected States, as necessary, to facilitate the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 5) Also encourages Member States to follow closely the development of the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment and clearance of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 7) Encourages Member States in a position to do so to provide assistance to States affected by the use of arms and ammunitions containing depleted uranium, in particular inidentifying and managing contaminated sites and material; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the subject to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, reflecting the information submitted by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium”. 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.13, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.13, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.13, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.13, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.13, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.11, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment and clearance of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.12, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the subject to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, reflecting the information submitted by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.13, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.13, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, on a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 9) Reiterates its request to the President of the General Assembly to organize, on 26 September every year, a one-day high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 11) Requests the Secretary-General to undertake all arrangements necessary to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, including through the United Nations Offices at Geneva and Vienna, as well as the United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 12) Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 13) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on effective nuclear disarmament measures, including elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 14) Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.15, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.15, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area ofdisarmament and non-proliferation and to submita report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.17, Para 3) Calls upon those States that continue to maintain reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol to withdraw them; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.17, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.18, Para 6) Requests the Secretary-General to provide all support necessary, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; 

 

Nuclear-Weapon States Obligations

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

Nuclear Weapon Convention

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 3) Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, on a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/73/L.14, Para 6) Takes note of the views provided by Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, as reflected in the report submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 72/251, and requests the Secretary-General to forward this report to the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission for their early consideration; 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/73/L.13, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

74th Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/74/L.35, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the relationship between disarmament and development, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and subagencies; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.35, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.35, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.35, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.35, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.35, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.34, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.35, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/74/L.32, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.32, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.32, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.32, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.32, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 73/41; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.32, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area ofdisarmament and non-proliferation and to submita report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.32, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.33, Para 2) Commends the three regional centres for peace and disarmament for their sustained support provided to Member States for over 30 years in implementing disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation activities through seminars and conferences, capacity-building and training, policy and technical expertise, and information and advocacy at the global, regional and national levels; 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/74/L.28, Para 3) Requests the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to continue his informal consultations with the members of the Committee and to report through the Committee to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.28, Para 4) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render, within existing resources, all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of summary records; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.29, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.29, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, on a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 9) Reiterates its request to the President of the General Assembly to organize, on 26 September every year, a one-day high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 11) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to update the platform for the promotion of these activities and to undertake all the arrangements, providing all the necessary resources and services, including webcasts, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, including through the United Nations Offices at Geneva and Vienna, as well as the United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 12) Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 13) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on effective nuclear disarmament measures, including elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 14) Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.32, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.32, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.35, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.35, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.34, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

Nuclear Weapon Convention

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 3) Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, on a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 6) Takes note of the views provided by Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, as reflected in the report submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 73/40, and requests the Secretary-General to forward this report to the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission for their early consideration; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 13) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on effective nuclear disarmament measures, including elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

Nuclear-Weapon States Obligations

 

(A/C.1/74/L.31/Rev.1, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/74/L.29, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.29, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.29, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.29, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session; 

 

(A/C.1/74/L.29, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

75th Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/75/L.15, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the relationship between disarmament and development, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and subagencies; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.15, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.15, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.15, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.15, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.15, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.15, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.15, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/75/L.19, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.19, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.19, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.19, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.19, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 74/55; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.19, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area ofdisarmament and non-proliferation and to submita report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.19, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.20, Para 2) Commends the three regional centres for peace and disarmament for their sustained support provided to Member States for over 30 years in implementing disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation activities through seminars and conferences, capacity-building and training, policy and technical expertise, and information and advocacy at the global, regional and national levels; 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 1) Expresses its appreciation to the Member States and international organizations that submitted their views to the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 73/38 and previous resolutions on the subject; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 4) Encourages Member States, particularly the affected States, as necessary, to facilitate the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 5) Also encourages Member States to follow closely the development of the studies and research referred to in paragraph 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 6) Invites Member States that have used armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium in armed conflicts to provide the relevant authorities of affected States, upon request, with information, as detailed as possible, about the location of the areas of use and the amounts used, with the objective of facilitating the assessment and clearance of such areas; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 7) Encourages Member States in a position to do so to provide assistance to States affected by the use of arms and ammunitions containing depleted uranium, in particular inidentifying and managing contaminated sites and material; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the subject to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session, reflecting the information submitted by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.27, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.27, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.27, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.27, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.27, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 2) Invites Member States and relevant international organizations, particularly those that have not yet done so, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 3) Requests the Secretary-General to request relevant international organizations to update and complete, as appropriate, their studies and research on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the environment; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.14, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the subject to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session, reflecting the information submitted by Member States and relevant international organizations, including the information submittedpursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 above; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.15, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.15, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.17, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, on a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.17, Para 11) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to update the platform for the promotion of these activities and to undertake all the arrangements, providing all the necessary resources and services, including webcasts, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, including through the United Nations Offices at Geneva and Vienna, as well as the United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.17, Para 12) Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.17, Para 13) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on effective nuclear disarmament measures, including elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.18, Para 3) Calls upon those States that continue to maintain reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol to withdraw them; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.19, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.27, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session; 

 

Nuclear-Weapon States Obligations

 

(A/C.1/75/L.17, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/75/L.27, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Nuclear Weapon Convention

 

(A/C.1/75/L.17, Para 3) Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.17, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, ona comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.17, Para 5) Decides to convene, in New York, on a date to be decided later, a United Nations high-level international conference on nuclear disarmament to review the progress made in this regard; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.17, Para 6) Takes note of the views provided by Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, as reflected in the report submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 74/54, and requests the Secretary-General to forward this report to the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission for their early consideration; 

 

(A/C.1/75/L.17, Para 13) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on effective nuclear disarmament measures, including elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

76th Session of the UN First Committee

Disarmament and Development

 

(A/C.1/76/L.24, Para 1) Stresses the central role of the United Nations in the relationship between disarmament and development, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen further the role of the Organization in this field, in particular the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development, in order to ensure continued and effective coordination and close cooperation between the relevant United Nations departments, agencies and subagencies; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.24, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organsand within available resources, for the implementation of the action programmeadopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.24, Para 3) Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.24, Para 4) Encourages the international community to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to make reference to the contribution that disarmament could provide in meeting them when it reviews its progress towards this purpose, as well as to make greater efforts to integrate disarmament, humanitarian and development activities; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.24, Para 5) Encourages the relevant regional and subregional organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and research institutes to incorporate issues related to the relationship between disarmament and development into their agendas and, in this regard, to take into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.24, Para 6) Reiterates its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.24, Para 7) Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 6 above; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.24, Para 8) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Relationship between disarmament and development”. 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.26, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Disarmament and Nonproliferation

 

(A/C.1/76/L.27, Para 1) Reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to maintaining and strengthening universal norms and enlarging their scope; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.27, Para 2) Also reaffirms multilateralism as the core principle in resolving disarmament and non-proliferation concerns; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.27, Para 3) Urges the participation of all interested States in multilateral negotiations on arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament in a non-discriminatory and transparent manner; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.27, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.27, Para 7) Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the replies of Member States on the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, submittedpursuant to resolution 75/47; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.27, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.27, Para 9) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation”. 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.28, Para 2) Commends the three regional centres for peace and disarmament for their sustained support provided to Member States for over 30 years in implementing disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation activities through seminars and conferences, capacity-building and training, policy and technical expertise, and information and advocacy at the global, regional and national levels; 

 

NAM Involvement and Contributions

 

(A/C.1/76/L.23, Para 11) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to update the platform for the promotion of these activities and to undertake all the arrangements, providing all the necessary resources and services, including webcasts, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, including through the United Nations Offices at Geneva and Vienna, as well as the United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.23, Para 12) Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia, parliamentarians, the mass media and individuals, to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.23, Para 13) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on effective nuclear disarmament measures, including elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.23, Para 14) Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.24, Para 2) Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted on 11 September 1987 at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.26, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.27, Para 5) Calls once again upon all Member States to renew and fulfil their individual and collective commitments to multilateral cooperation as an important means of pursuing and achieving their common objectivesin the area of disarmament and non-proliferation; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.27, Para 8) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the issue of the promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session; 

 

Nuclear Weapon Convention

 

(A/C.1/76/L.23, Para 3) Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.23, Para 4) Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, on a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.23, Para 5) Decides to convene, in New York, on a date to be decided later, a United Nations high-level international conference on nuclear disarmament to review the progress made in this regard; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.23, Para 6) Takes note of the views provided by Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, as reflected in the report submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 75/45, and requests the Secretary-General to forward this report to the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission for their early consideration; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.23, Para 13) Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with regard to achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on effective nuclear disarmament measures, including elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session, and also to transmit the report to the Conference on Disarmament; 

 

Nuclear-Weapon States Obligations

 

(A/C.1/76/L.23, Para 2) Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament; 

 

Bilateral Disarmament

 

(A/C.1/76/L.26, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

Disarmament and the Environment

 

(A/C.1/76/L.26, Para 1) Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.26, Para 2) Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.26, Para 3) Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.26, Para 4) Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures that they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session; 

 

(A/C.1/76/L.26, Para 5) Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”. 

 

77th Session of the UN First Committee*

No views on "Disarmament" during this meeting

78th Session of the UN First Committee*

No views on "Disarmament" during this meeting