Science and Technology for Disarmament

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 59Science and technology for disarmament, published in 1990.

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9 topics

Arms Limitation Data Collection Disarmament Disarmament Agreements Information Dissemination Science and Technology Scientific Cooperation Technical Cooperation Verification

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5 operative paragraphs

Welcomes national and international activities to use scientific and technological achievements for disarmament-related purposes;

Calls upon Member States and relevant intergovernmental organizations to intensify and extend such activities and to keep the United Mations informed about progress in this field;

Invites all Member States and relevant international organizations to develop international co-operation in this area« with a view to using scientific and technological achievements for disarmament-related purposes, inter alia, in the fields of verification and of compliance, by parties, with agreements on arms control and disarmament and application of technologies for improved means of verification and for weapons disposal;

Recommends that the United Mations should give appropriate attention to the collection and dissemination of information on scientific and technological developments in these fields;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-seventh session the item entitled "Science and technology for disarmament".

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