Reduction of Military Budgets

A/RES/35/142[A]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 32 Reduction of military budgets, published in 1981.

What else is in this group?

25 documents · 1977–1990

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1990).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1990	A/RES/44/114	Reduction of military budgets resolutions	415	–
1990	A/RES/44/114B	Reduction of military budgets resolutions	—	–
1990	A/RES/44/114A	Reduction of military budgets resolutions	—	–
1989	A/RES/43/73	Reduction of military budgets	—	–
1987	A/RES/42/36	Reduction of military budgets	751	–

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Military Budgets

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4 operative paragraphs

A/RES/35/142 [A]

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Reaffirms the urgent need to reinforce the endeavours of all States and international action in the area of the reduction of military budgets, with a view to reaching international agreements to freeze reduce or otherwise restrain military expenditures;

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Reiterat~s the appeal to all States, in particular the most heavily armed States, pending the conclusion of agreements_ on the reduction of military expenditures, to exercise self-restraint in their military expenditure with a view to reallocating the funds thus saved to economic and social development, particularly for the benefit of developing countries;

Requests the Disarmament Commission to continue at its session to be held in 1981 the consideration of ~he _item entitled "Reduction of military budgets", takmg mto account the provisions of General Assembly resolution 34 /83 F as well as those of the present resolution, and, in particular, to identify and elaborate on the principles which should govern further actions of States in the field of the freezing and reduction of military _expenditures, keeping in mind the possibility of embodymg such principles into a suitable document at an appropriate stage;

Requests the Secretary-General to invite Member S_tates to ~xpress their views and suggestions on the principles which should govern their actions in the field of the freezing and reduction of military expenditures and to_ prepare on this basis a report to be submitted to the Disarmament Cc)mmission at its session in 1981;

Consider.~ that !hi_s action to be carried out by the Disarmament Comm1ss1on should be regarded as complementary to any other ongoing activity within the framework of the United Nations related to the question _of reduction of military budgets as well as to any possible unilateral initiatives which may be undertaken by States in this field;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "Reduction of military budget~--.

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10 Resolution S-10/2, para. 89.

11 Official Records of the Uenera/ A.rsnnh!i-. 7hirlv-fifih Session. Supplement No. 42 (A/JS/42).

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