Review of the Implementation of the Recommendations and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly at Its 10th Special Session Resolutions

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 62i Cessation of the nuclear-arms race and nuclear disarmament, published in 1987.

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2002	A/RES/56/26	Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session resolutions	829	–
2001	A/RES/55/35	Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session resolutions	1,167	–
1999	A/RES/54/56	Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session	932	–
1999	A/RES/53/79	Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session	1,162	–
1997	A/RES/52/40[C]	Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session resolutions	—	–

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Appeals to the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the United States of America to conduct, pursuant to their special ob ligations and responsibilities as leading nuclear-weapon States, their bilateral negotiations with the greatest resolve with a view to achieving agreements on concrete and effec tive measures for the halting of the nuclear-arms race, radical reduction of their nuclear arsenals, nuclear disar mament and the prevention of an arms race in outer space;

Invites the two negotiating parties to keep the Gen eral Assembly duly informed of the progress of their ne gotiations.

The General Assembly,

Having reviewed the implementation of the recommen dations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session,9 the first special session devoted to disarmament, as well as the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly,74 the second special session devoted to disarmament,

Recalling its resolutions S-10/ 2 of 30 June 1978, 34/ 83 C of 11 December 1979, 35/ 46 of 3 December 19 80, 35/1 52 E of 1 2 December 19 80, 36/92 M of9 December 19 81, 37/ 78 F of 9 December 1982, 38/1 83 H of 20 December 19 83, 39/1 48 0 of 1 7 December 19 84 and 40/1 52 N of 1 6 December 1985 and its decision S-1 2/ 24 of 10 July 19 82,

Deeply concerned that no concrete results regarding the implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the tenth special session have been realized in the course of more than eight years since that session, that in the mean time the arms race, particularly in its nuclear aspect, has gained in intensity, that there has been further deployment of nuclear weapons in some parts of the world, that annual global military expenditures are estimated to have reached the staggering figure of $1 ,000 billion, that mankind is faced with a real danger of spreading the arms race into outer space, that urgent measures to prevent nuclear war and for disarmament have not been adopted and that con tinued colonial domination and foreign occupation, open threats, pressures and military intervention against inde pendent States and violations of the fundamental princi ples of the Charter of the United Nations have taken place, posing the most serious threat to international peace and security,

Convinced that the escalation of the nuclear-arms race, in both the quantitative and qualitative dimensions, has heightened the risk of the outbreak of nuclear war and led to greater insecurity and instability in international rela tions,

Further convinced that international peace and security can be ensured only through general and complete disar mament under effective international control and that one of the most urgent tasks is to halt and reverse the arms race and to undertake concrete measures of disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, and that, in this re spect, the nuclear-weapon States and other militarily sig nificant States have the primary responsibility,

Believing that the preservation of the existing bilateral, regional and global system of arms limitation and disar mament agreements and the strict observance of such agreements by their parties are important elements of disarmament efforts at all levels,

Noting with great concern that no real progress in disar mament negotiations has been achieved in the course of several years,

Stressing once again that the active participation of Member States in effective disarmament negotiations is necessary for discharging their responsibility to contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security, that all States have the right to contribute to efforts in the field of disarmament, that it is more than ever imperative in the present circumstances to give a new impetus to ne gotiations on disarmament, in particular nuclear disarma ment, at all levels and to achieve genuine progress in the immediate future and that all States should refrain from any actions which have or may have negative effects on the outcome of disarmament negotiations,

Reaffirming that the United Nations has a central role and primary responsibility in the sphere of disarmament,

Stressing that the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, which was unanimously and categorically reaffirmed by all Member States at the twelfth special session as the comprehensive basis for ef forts towards halting and reversing the arms race, retains all its validity and that the objectives and measures con tained therein still represent one of the most important and urgent goals to be achieved,

Expresses its grave concern over the acceleration and intensification of the arms race, particularly the nuclear arms race, which increase the danger of nuclear war and constitute a threat to the continued survival of mankind;

Calls upon all States, in particular nuclear-weapon States and other militarily significant States, to take urgent measures in order to promote international security on the basis of disarmament, to halt and reverse the arms race and to launch a process of genuine disarmament;

Invites all States, particularly nuclear-weapon States and especially those among them which possess the most important nuclear arsenals, to take urgent measures with a view to implementing the recommendations and decisions contained in the Final Document of the Tenth Special Ses sion of the General Assembly, as well as to fulfilling the priority tasks set forth in the Programme of Action con tained in section III of the Final Document;

Calls upon the two leading nuclear-weapon States to pursue their negotiations with renewed determination and

taking into account the interest of the entire international community in order to halt the arms race, particularly the nuclear-arms race, reduce substantially their nuclear arsenals, prevent the arms race in outer space and under take effective measures of nuclear disarmament;

Calls upon the Conference on Disarmament to pro ceed urgently to negotiations on the cessation of the nuclear-arms race and nuclear disarmament and on the prevention of nuclear war, to intensify negotiations on the prevention of an arms race in outer space and to elaborate drafts of treatis on a nuclear-test ban and on a complete and effective prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of all chemical weapons and on their de struction;

Calls upon the Disarmament Commission to inten sify its work in accordance with its mandate with a view to making concrete recommendations on specific items on its agenda;

Invites all States engaged in disarmament and arms limitation negotiations outside the framework of the United Nations to keep the General Assembly and the Conference on Disarmament informed on the status and/ or results of such negotiations, in conformity with the rele vant provisions of the Final Document of the Tenth Spe cial Session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-second session the item entitled "Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the tenth special session".

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