Relationship Between Disarmament and Development

A/RES/40/155View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 69 Relationship between disarmament and development, published in 1986.

What other versions does this mandate have?

34 versions · 1983–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/25

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/25	Relationship between disarmament and development	847	98%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/43	Relationship between disarmament and development	839	98%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/23	Relationship between disarmament and development	835	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/45	Relationship between disarmament and development	829	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/37	Relationship between disarmament and development	823	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

22 reports · 2005–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/160	Relationship between disarmament and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/25
2025	A/80/125	Relationship between disarmament and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/43
2024	A/79/124	Relationship between disarmament and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/23
2023	A/78/128	Relationship between disarmament and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/45
2022	A/77/114	Relationship between disarmament and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/37

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Agenda Appointment of Officials Conferences Development Disarmament Documents Recommendations Rules of Procedure Work Organization

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development 1°9 and approves the recommendations contained therein;

Recommends for adoption by the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development the following provisional agenda drawn up by the Preparatory Committee:

I. Opening of the Conference 2.

Election of the President 3.

Adoption of the rules of procedure

Election of the other officers

Credentials of the representatives to the Conference:

Appointment of the Credentials Committee;

Report of the Credentials Committee 6.

Adoption of the agenda

Organization of work

Consideration of the relationship between disarmament and development in all its aspects and dimensions with a view to reaching appropriate conclusions

Consideration of the implications of the level and magnitude of military expenditures, in particular those of nuclear-weapon States and other militarily important States, for the world economy and the international economic and social situation, particularly for the developing countries, and formulation of appropriate recommendations for remedial measures I 0.

Consideration of ways and means of releasing additional resources, through disarmament measures, for development purposes, in particular for the benefit of developing countries

Adoption of the final document of the Conference

Adoption of the report of the Conference to the General Assembly;

Also recommends for adoption by the Conference the proposals relating to procedure contained in the report of the Preparatory Committee; 110 4.

Expresses its appreciation to the Government of France for its invitation to act as host to the Conference, and accordingly decides that the Conference shall be held in Paris from 15 July to 2 August I 986; 111 Requests the Secretary-General to invite all States to 5. participate in the Conference and to apply, as regards other participants and observers, the provisions of section XI of the provisional rules of procedure for the Conference, annexed to the report of the Preparatory Committee;

Authorizes the Preparatory Committee to hold one or, if necessary, two additional sessions, each of two weeks' duration, open to all States and devoted to consid- HI. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee

eration of the substantive questions included in the agenda for the Conference;

Decides that the second session of the Preparatory Committee shall be held in New York from I to 11 April 1986 and that, if necessary, a third session shall be held in New York in June, taking into account all relevant factors, including the need for minimizing costs and for adequate representation;

Requests the Secretary-General to appoint the Secretary-General of the Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General of the Conference to assist in the tasks provided for in paragraph 19 of the report of the Preparatory Committee and to ensure implementation of the recommendations contained in paragraphs 20 (documentation), 21 (convening of a panel of eminent personalities qualified in the field of disarmament and development 112 ), 22 (appropriate information to the General Assembly on the preparatory process) and 23 (dissemination of information relating to the Conference and its preparatory work);

Requests the organizations of the United Nations system and the International Atomic Energy Agency to contribute fully to the preparatory work in the field of documentation, in conformity with the recommendations contained in paragraph 20 of the report of the Preparatory Committee.

108 /h,d., Supplement No 28 (A/40/28).

109 Ibid .. Supplement No 5 I (A:40/51)

I ID Ibid., sect. 111.E.

111 See also sect. X.B. I, decision 4014 73 112 Subsequently referred 10 as the Panel of Eminent Personahties on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development.

I 13 United Nations. Treat,• Series. vol 40:. No. 5778. p 72 114 Offic1al Records of the G,•nera/ Assem/,/_v. Fortieth Sesswn. First Comm111ee, 48th to 55th meetings; and 1h1d .. First Com,m1llee. Sessional Fasc1c/e, corrigendum.

11 S A/38/ 132-S/ 15675 and Corr. I and 2. annex. sect. Ill. paras. 122 and 123.

116 A/40/854-S/l 76 lO and Corr. I. anne>. I. paras. 58-60.

I I 1 A'40"666. annex II. resolution CM/Res.988 (XLII).

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