Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons Resolutions

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 62 Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons, published in 1990.

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54 documents · 1973–1991

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1991	A/RES/46/35[C]	Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/46/35[B]	Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/46/35[A]	Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/46/35	Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutions	785	–
1991	A/RES/45/57[C]	Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons resolutions	—	–

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18 subjects

Biological Weapons Chemical Industry Chemical Weapons Chemical Weapons Use Conferences Confidence-Building Measures Consultants Declarations Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Groups of Experts Guidelines Information Exchange Laboratories Programme Implementation Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Standardization Toxic Substances

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15 operative paragraphs

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Notes with satisfaction the work of the Conference I. on Disarmament during its 1989 session regarding the prohibition of chemical weapons, and, in particular, ap preciates the progress in the work of its Ad Hoc Commit tee on Chemical Weapons on that question and the tangi ble results recorded in its report:

Notes, while regretting that a convention uH the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction has not yet been concluded, that there exists an ever-growing will to resolve the pending problems at the earliest possible date;

Again urges the Conference on Disarmament, as a matter of high priority, to intensify, during its 1990 ses sion, which will be of pivotal importance, the negotiations on such a convention and to reinforce its efforts further by,

44 Resolution 2826 (XXVI). annex 4s BWC/CONF.11/D 46 Ibid_, part II.

47 Official Record., of' the (;cnera! Asseml,lv. h1rtyǡf,>11rth Ses.,1<»1, Suftement No. 27 ( A/44/27)

Ibid_, para. 87 inter alia. increasing the time that it devotes to such ne gotiations, taking into account all existing proposals and future initiatives. with a view to the final elaboration of a convention at the earliest possible date, and to re-establish its Ad Hoc Committee on Chemical Weapons for that pur pose with the mandate to be agreed upon by the Confer ence at the beginning of its 1990 session;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to use the political momentum generated by the Conference of StateǢ Parties to the 1925 Geneva Protocol and Other Interested States, held in Paris from 7 to 11 January 1989, and tht· recognition by that conference that a global ban on chcmi cal weapons is of universal concern and interest, to achieve the conclusion al the earliest possible date of such a nm vention;

Also requests the Conference on Disarmament to re port to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session or1 the results of ih negotiations;

Calls upon all States to abide by the commitmcnh undertaken in the Final Declaration adopted at the Pari-; Conference;

7_ Welcomes the renewed declarations of commitrnenl hy Governments represented at the Governmcnt-lndustr) Conference against Chemical Weapons to conclude and implement a convention at the earliest possible date, and welcomes also the first collective statement hy representa tives of the chemical industry of their commitment to C(l ,1perate with Governments to that end;49 8.

Recognizes that constructive proposals were dis cussed at the Government-Industry Conference against Chemical Weapons that could contrihute momentum to the Geneva negotiations and assist in the conclusion and early implementation of such a convention;

Recognizes also the importance of declarations made by States on whether or not they possess chemical weapons and of further international exchanges of data in connection with the negotiations on such a convention.

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Encourages Member States to take further initia tives to promote confidence and openness in the negotia tions and to provide further information to facilitate prompt resolution of outstanding issues, thus contributing to an early agreement on, and universal adherence to, such a convention_

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Calls upon all States that have not yet done so to ac cede to the 1 925 Geneva Protocol;

Urges the Conference on Disarmament to pursue as 3. a matter of continuing urgency its negotiations on a con vention on the prohibition of the development, produc tion, stockpiling and use of all chemical weapons and on their destruction;

Requests the Secretary-General to carry out promptly investigations in response to reports that may be brought to his attention by any Member State concerning the possible use of chemical and bacteriological (biologi cal) or toxin weapons that may constitute a violation of the 1 925 Geneva Protocol or other relevant rules of cus tomary international law in order to ascertain the facts of the matter, and to report promptly the results of any such investigation to all Member States;

Welcomes, in that regard, the proposals of the group of qualified experts concerning technical guidelines and procedures to guide the Secretary-General in the conduct of timely and efficient investigation of the reports of use of chemical and bacteriological (biological) or toxin weap ons;51

Calls upon all States to consider the implementation of those guidelines and procedures for investigation, in ter alia, by putting at the disposal of the Secretary-General qualified experts and/or consultants as well as laborato ries for analysis;

Notes with satisfaction that the Security Council de cided to consider immediately, taking into account the investigations of the Secretary-General, appropriate and effective measures in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;52

Urges all States to exercise restraint and to act re sponsibly in accordance with the need for the early con clusion and entry into force of a convention on the prohi bition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of all chemical weapons and on their destruction;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 9. forty-fifth session the item entitled "Chemical and bac teriological (biological) weapons".

Human and material resources released through the reduction of military expenditures should be devoted to economic and social develop ment, particularly for the benefit of the developing countries.

Meaningful negotiations on the freezing and reduction of military budgets would require that all parties to Čuch negotiations have accepted and implemented transparency and comparability. The elaboration of agreed methods of measuring and comparing military expenditures be tween specified periods of time and between countries with different bud geting systems would be required. To this end States should utilize the re porting system adopted by the General Assembly in 1980. 40

Armaments and military activities that would be the subject of physical reductions within the limits provided for in any agreement to reduce military expenditures will be identified by every State party to such agreements.

The agreements to freeze and reduce military expenditures should contain adequate and efficient measures of verification, satisfactory to all parties, in order to ensure that their provisions are strictly applied and fulfilled by all States parties. The specific methods of verification or other compliance procedure should be agreed upon in the process of negotia tion depending upon the purposes, scope and nature of the agreement.

Unilateral measures undertaken by States concerning the freez ing and reduction of military expenditures, especially when they are fol lowed by similar measures adopted by other States on the basis of mutual example, could contribute to favourable conditions for the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements to freeze and reduce military expenditures.

Confidence-building measures could help to create a political cli mate conducive to the freezing and reduction of military expenditures. Conversely, the freezing and reduction of military expenditures could contribute to the increase of confidence among States.

The United Nations should play a central role in orienting, stimulating and initiating negotiations on freezing and reducing military CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) expenditures, and all Member States should co-operate with the Organi WEAPONS zation and among themselves, with a view to solving the problems im plied by this process.

The freezing and reduction of military expenditures may be achieved, as appropriate, on a global, regional or subregional level, with the agreement of all States concerned.

The agreements on the freezing and reduction of military bud gets should be viewed in a broader perspective, including respect for and implementation of the security system of the United Nations, and be in terrelated with other measures of disarmament, within the context of progress towards general and complete disarmament under effective in ternational control. The reduction of military budgets should therefore be complementary to agreements on the limitation of armaments and disarmament and should not be considered as a substitute for such agree ments.

The adoption of the above principles should be regarded as a means of facilitating meaningful negotiations on concrete agreements on the freezing and reduction of military budgets

MILITARY BUDGETS

40 See Reduction of Military Budgets: International reporting of 41 League of Nations, Tm11y Series, vol. XCIV ( JQ29), No. 21 .č8. military expenditures (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.81.I.9),

4-' A 144/88, annex. para. 98.

4' Sec \IC 1/44 -I and A C I 44/5

t.'HEMIC/\L AND BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) WEAPON^ MEASl RES TO UPHOLD THE AUTHORITY OF THE 192 _ GENP.A PROHK'OL AND TO SUPPORT THE CONCLllSJON OF A CHEMICAi WEAPONS CONVENTION

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50 A/44/561 and Add.I and 2. 51 A/44/561, annex. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECOND REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOP MENT, PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIO LOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) AND TOXIN WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION

'2 Security Council resolution 620 ( 1 988).

1 1 HWC/CONJ'. 11/EX/'

BILATERAL. NUCLEAR-ARMS NEGOTIATIONS

PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCrtON, STOCKPILING AND USE OF RADIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

'P See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutious and Other Decisions of the General Conference. Twentp;.seventh Regular Session 54 A/44/62 1.

l (l .. ) 4 October 1 983 55 United Nations, Treaty Scri<'s, vol 1 12\ No 1 75 1 2 'IK See A,'40/1070, annn. 56 Ibid., vol. 75, Nns. '170-97 1 '1" See A S- 1 5/ 2.I :rnncx

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