Review and Implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly Resolutions

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 61c World Disarmament Campaign, published in 1987.

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/25	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	4,398	–
2000	A/RES/54/55	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	4,174	–
1999	A/RES/53/78(A-G)	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	4,179	–
1997	A/RES/52/39	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	2,605	–
1997	A/RES/51/46	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th special session of the General Assembly	4,051	–

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A/RES/41/60 [A]

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Reaffirms the usefulness of further carrying out ac tions and activities that are an important manifestation of the will of world public opinion and contribute effectively to the achievement of the objectives of the World Disar mament Campaign and thus to the creation of a favour able climate for making progress in the field of disarma ment with a view to achieving the goal of general and complete disarmament under effective international con trol;

Reaffirms also the importance of carrying out the Campaign in accordance with the priorities in the field of disarmament established in the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly,9 taking into account that the cessation of nuclear-weapon tests, the adoption of effective measures for nuclear disarma ment, the prevention of an arms race in outer space and the prevention of nuclear war have the highest priority;

Calls upon Governments of all States to recognize and respect the mass peace and disarmament movements as an important factor of current world politics contribut ing to the promotion of a new political approach required by the realities of the nuclear and space age;

Urges Governments of all States, especially the nu clear-weapon States and other militarily significant States, in formulating their policies in the field of disarmament, to take into account the main demands of the mass peace and disarmament movements, in particular with regard to the immediate cessation and prohibition of all nuclear weapon tests, with a bilateral moratorium by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America on all nuclear explosions being the first step towards this end, and the prevention of an arms race in outer space and its termination on Earth, and invites them to inform the Secretary-General annually of the actions taken to that end;

Recommends that, in carrying out the Campaign, due regard should be given to important dates and anni versaries related to international peace and security;

Considers it necessary, the future of mankind being at stake, that more attention should be paid to the active involvement of children and youth in Campaign activities;

Invites once again Member States to co-operate with the United Nations to ensure a better flow of accurate in formation with regard to the various aspects of disarma ment, as well as actions and activities of the world public in support of peace and disarmament, and to avoid dis semination of false and tendentious information;

Requests the Secretary-General, in implementing the programme of activities of the Campaign, to give wider publicity to the work of the General Assembly in the field of disarmament, paying due attention, in particu lar, to the proposals of Member States and the action taken thereon;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report annu ally to the General Assembly on the implementation of the provisions of the present resolution.

NOTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR TESTS

WORLD DISARMAMENT CAMPAIGN: ACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES

REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE FIELD OF DISARMAMENT

59 Official Records of the General Assembly. Forty-first Session.

Suppleme11t No. 42 (A/41/42), para. 30.

60 A/41/554.

61 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twelfth Special Session.

Annexes, agenda item, 9-13. document A/S-12/32, annex V, sect. II.

WORLD DISARMAMENT CAMPAIGN

62 A/36/458 63 A/S-12/27. 64 A/37/548.

65 A/38/349.

66 A/40/443.

67 A/41 /666. para,. 9-17.

6ƨ A/CONF. 139/1.

69 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twelfth Special Session, Annexes, agenda items 9-13, document A/S-12/32, annex V, para. 4.

70See A/CONF 127/SR.I

UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND DISARMAMENT IN AFRICA

CONSIDERATION OF GUIDELINES FOR CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES

FREEZE ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS

11 Official Recvrds vf the Ge11erul Assem/Jly, Fvrty-jir.,r Sessiv11,

72 See A/41/341-S/18065 and Corr.I, annex I, para. SI Suppleme111 No. 42 (A/41 /42), annex 11 7-1 A/41/660.

Resolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee

ANNEX

Draft Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons Tire Stares Partic.\ 10 this Convention,

Alarmed by the threat to the very survival of mankind posed by the ex istence of nuclear weapons,

Convinced that any use of nuclear weapons constitutes a violation of the Charter of the U111ted Nations and a crime against humanity,

Convinced that this Convention would be a step towards the complete elimination of nuclear weapons leading to general and complete disarma ment under strict and effective international control,

Dctcn11111cd to continue negotiations for the achievement of this goal.

flavc axrced as follows: CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS Article I Th..: Stales Parties to this Convention solemnly undertake not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons under any circumstances.

Amel,· 2 Tim Convention ,hall be of unlimrted duralton.

Article 3 Th" Convention shall be open to all States for signature. An} State that docs not sign the Convention before rts entry into force in ac cordance with paragraph J of this article may accede to it at any time.

Thrs Convention shall be subject to ratification by signatory State,. In,truments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Secretarv-General of the United Nations.

Thrs Convention shall enter into force on the deposit of instru ment, of ratification by twenty-five Governments, including the Govern ments of t he five nuclear-weapon States, in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article.

For States whose instruments of ratification or accession are deposited after the entry into force of this Convention, it shall enter into for<:e on the date of the deposit of their instruments of ratification or m.:ceƩs1on

The depositary shall promptly inform all signatory and acceding States of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession and the date of the entry into force of this Convention, as well as of the receipt of other notices.

Th" Convention shall be registered by the depositary in accor dance wrth Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

Article 4 Thi, Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Rus sian and Spanish te,ts arc e4ually authentic, shall be deposited with the Sccretarƪ-Gencral of the United Nations, who shall send duly n:rtified copies thereof to the Government of the signatory and acceding States.

IN WITNESS WHERFOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention, opened on the day of one thou for signature at sand nine hundred and

CONVENING OF THE THIRD SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEVOTED TO DISARMAMENT

UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT

74 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twelfth Special Session,

75 A/41/720. A111texes, agenda item, 9-13. document A/S-12/.12.

76 A/3.V.60S.

IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 40/151 C ON A NUCLEAR-ARMS FREEZE

UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE,

DISARMAMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA

77 ··tnkrim Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on certain measures with respect to the limitation of strategic offensive arms" (United Nations, Treaty Serie.,.

vol. 944, No. 1 3445, p. 3).

7R "Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arm, .. hcc CD/5.1/ Appendix III/Vol. I, document CD/28).

80 Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-first Ses.sion, Supplement No. 28 (A/41/28).

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