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Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water

A/RES/45/50No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 47Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water, published in 1990.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1990–1995
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/49/69
  • 1995A/RES/49/69Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under WaterLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1994A/RES/48/69Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under WaterCompare with previous version
  • 1992A/RES/47/46Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under WaterCompare with previous version
  • 1991A/RES/46/28Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under WaterCompare with previous version
  • 1990A/RES/45/50Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under WaterCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics
ConferencesDisarmament AgreementsDisarmament NegotiationsLegal AspectsNuclear FreezeNuclear Weapon StatesNuclear Weapon TestsWorking Groups

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs

90-35636 2947Z (E)

АУRES/45/50

1
Notes with satisfaction that the Amendment Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water will be held in New York from 7 to 18 January 1991;
2
Calls upon all parties to the Treaty to participate in, and to contribute to the success of, the Amendment Conference for the achievement of a comprehensive nuclear-test ban at an early date, as an indispensable measure towards implementation of their undertakings in the preamble to the Treaty;
3
Reiterates its conviction that, pending the conclusion of a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty, the nuclear-weapon States should suspend all nuclear-test explosions through an agreed moratorium or unilateral moratoria;
4
Recommends that arrangements be made to ensure that intensive efforts continue, under the auspices of the Amendment Conference, until a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty is achieved;
5
Recommends also that the Amendment Conference establish a working group, or other means it deems appropriate, to study, inter alia, the organization of control, institutional mechanisms and legal aspects of a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty and to report its conclusions to the Conference;
6
Stresses the importance of ensuring adequate co-ordination among the various negotiating forums dealing with a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty;
7
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-sixth session the item entitled "Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water".

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