Prohibition of the Development and Manufacture of New Types of Weapons of Mass Destruction and New Systems of Such Weapons

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 155 Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, published in 1990.

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21 documents · 1976–2002

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2002).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/57/50	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	330	–
1999	A/RES/54/44	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	325	–
1990	A/RES/45/66	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	430	–
1989	A/RES/43/72	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	—	–
1987	A/RES/42/35	Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons	447	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Disarmament Negotiations Documents Recommendations Reporting Procedures Weapons of Mass Destruction Weapons Systems

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6 operative paragraphs

Recalling its previous resolutions on the prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons.

Taking note of paragraph 77 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, 1/

Determined to prevent the emergence of new types of weapons of mass destruction that have characteristics comparable in destructive effect to those of weapons of mass destruction identified in the definition of weapons of mass destruction adopted by the United Hâtions in 1948, 2/

Hoting that in the course of its 1989 and 1990 sessions the Conference on Disarmament considered the item entitled "Hew types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons; radiological weapons”.

1/ Resolution S-10/2.

2/ The definition was adopted by the Commission for Conventional Armaments (see S/C.3/32/Rev.l).

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Tafcina into account the sections of the reports of the Conference on Disarmament relating to this question, 1/

Reaffirms that effective measures should be undertaken to prevent the emergence of new types of weapons of mass destruction;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament, in the light of its existing priorities, to keep under review, with expert assistance, as appropriate, the questions of the prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons with a view to making, when -necessary, recommendations on undertaking specific negotiations on the identified types of such weapons;

Calls upon all States, immediately following the recommendation of the Conference on Disarmament, to give favourable consideration to these recommendations;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Conference on Disarmament all documents relating to the consideration of this item by the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to continue the practice of reporting the results of its consideration of these questions in its annual report to the General Assembly;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-eighth session the item entitled "Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons: report of the Conference on Disarmament".

54th plenary meetina

4 December 1990

1/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Fortv-fourth Session. Supplement No. 27 (A/44/27), sect. III.G and Fortv-fifth Session. Supplement Ho. 27 (A/45/27), sect. III.G.

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