Economic and Social Consequences of the Armaments Race and Its Extremely Harmful Effects on World Peace and Security

A/RES/2831(XXVI)No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1972.

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8 versions · 1971–1986

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1986A/RES/40/150Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and securityLatestCompare with previous version
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1976A/RES/3462(XXX)Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and securityCompare with previous version

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Arms Race Consultants Exports Information Dissemination International Security Languages Nuclear Arms Race Nuclear Disarmament Public Opinion Report Preparation

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Welcomes with satisfaction the report of the Secretary-General on the economic and social consequences of the arms race and of military expenditures23 and expresses the hope that it will help to focus future disarmament negotiations on nuclear disarmament and on the goal of general and complete disarmament under effective international control;

Extends its thanks to the Secretary-General and to the consultant experts as well as to the Governments and international organizations that have rendered assistance in the preparation of the report;

Requests the Secretary-General to arrange for the reproduction of the report as a United Nations publication and to give it the widest possible publicity in as many languages as is considered desirable and practicable;

Recommends to all Governments the widest possible distribution of the report so as to acquaint public opinion in their countries with its contents, and invites the specialized agencies as well as intergovernmental, national and non-governmental organizations to use their facilities to make the report widely known;

Recommends that the conclusions of the report of the Secretary-General on the economic and social consequences of the arms race and of military expenditures should be taken into account in future disarmament negotiations;

Calls upon all States to intensify their efforts during the Disarmament Decade with a view to promoting negotiations on effective measures for the cessation of the nuclear arms race at the earliest possible date and for nuclear disarmament, as well as on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control;

Decides to keep the item entitled "Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security" under constant review and to place it on the provisional agenda of its twenty-eighth session.

16 December 1971.

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