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Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons

A/RES/2933(XXVII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1973.

What else is in this group?

54 documents · 1973–1991
Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1991).
  • 1991A/RES/46/35[C]Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutionsCompare with earlier document
  • 1991A/RES/46/35[B]Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutionsCompare with earlier document
  • 1991A/RES/46/35[A]Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutionsCompare with earlier document
  • 1991A/RES/46/35Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutionsCompare with earlier document
  • 1991A/RES/45/57[C]Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutionsCompare with earlier document

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

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What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Biological WeaponsChemical WeaponsWeapons Destruction

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Reaffirms the recognized objective of effective prohibition of chemical weapons;
2
Reiterates, to this end, the request made by the General Assembly to the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament, in resolution 2827 A (XXVI), to continue negotiations, as a matter of high priority, with a view to reaching early agreement on effective measures for the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of chemical weapons and for their destruction;
3
Stresses the importance of working towards the complete realization of the objective of effective prohibition of chemical weapons as set forth in the present resolution and urges Governments to work towards that end;
4
Reaffirms its hope for the widest possible adherence to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction;
5
Invites all States that have not yet done so to accede to the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bactt~riological Methods of Warfare of 17 June 1925 and/ or ratify this Protocol, and calls anew for the strict observance by all States of the principles and nhjectives contained therein;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament all documents of the First Committee relating to questions connected with the problem of chemical weapons and dwmi..:al rnetlwds of warfare;
7
Requests the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament to report on the results of its negotiations to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session.

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