Incendiary and Other Specific Conventional Weapons Which May Be the Subject of Prohibitions or Restrictions of Use for Humanitarian Reasons

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1977–1978

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/32/152

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1978	A/RES/32/152	Incendiary and other specific conventional weapons which may be the subject of prohibitions or restrictions of use for humanitarian reasons	773	42%Compare
1977	A/RES/31/64	Incendiary and other specific conventional weapons which may be the subject of prohibitions or restrictions of use for humanitarian reasons	578	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Conferences Conventional Weapons Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Incendiary Weapons

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the work of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts as regards the work of the Conference relevant to the present resolution ;12 2.

Invites the Diplomatic Conference to accelerate its consideration of the use of specific conventional weapons, including any which may be deemed to be excessively injurious or to have indiscriminate effects, and to do its utmost to agree for humanitarian reasons on possible rules prohibiting or restricting the use of such weapons;

Requests the Secretary-General, who has been invited to attend the Diplomatic Conference as an observer, to report to the General Assembly at its thirtysecond session on aspects of the work of the Diplomatic Conference relevant to the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-second session the item entitled "Incendiary and other specific conventional weapons which may be the subject of prohibitions or restrictions of use for humanitarian reasons".

9 For the report of the first session, see Conference of Government Experts on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 1975).

1° For the report of the second session, see Conference of 7 See also sect. I above, foot-note 11, and sect. X.B.7 below,

Government Experts on the Use of Certain Conventional decision 311410.

Weapons (International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva,

B Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Session, Annexes, agenda item 124, document A/31/243, annex.

11 See A/31/197, annex IV, sect. A, resolution 12.

12 A/9726, A/10222, A/31/146.

13 League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. XCIV (1929), No. 2138, p. 65.

14 Resolution 2826 (XXVI), annex. • 15 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Sesswn, Supplement No. 27 (A/31/27).

16 See Official Records of the Disarmament Commission Supplement for 1972, document DC/235 annex ·B document CCD/361; Official Records of the Gener~[ Assembiy Twentyninth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/9627), annex'n, document CCD/ 420; ibid., Thirtieth Session, Supplement No. 27 ( A/ 10027), annex JI, document CCD/ 452; and ibid., Thirtyfirst Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/31/27), annex III, document CCD/512.

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