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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 52 Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water, published in 1991.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1990–1995

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/49/69

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1995	A/RES/49/69	Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water	864	82%Compare
1994	A/RES/48/69	Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water	716	—
1992	A/RES/47/46	Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water	—	—
1991	A/RES/46/28	Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water	723	41%Compare
1990	A/RES/45/50	Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water	524	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Conferences Consultations Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Non-Governmental Organizations Nuclear Freeze Nuclear Weapon States Nuclear Weapon Tests Verification Working Groups

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Notes with satisfaction that a substantive session of the Amendment Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water was held in New York from 7 to 18 January 1991, and takes note of its report; 3/ 2.

Takes note of the decision adopted by the Amendment Conference 4/ to the effect that, since further work needed to be undertaken on certain aspects of a comprehensive test-ban treaty, especially those with regard to verification of compliance and possible sanctions against non-compliance, the President of the Conference should conduct consultations with a view to achieving progress on those issues and to resuming the work of the Conference at an appropriate- time;

Welcomes the ongoing consultations being conducted by the President of the Amendment Conference and the holding in 1992 of more structured openended consultations, as well as the establishment of a group of friends of the President in order to examine various aspects of a comprehensive nucleartest ban, with a view to resuming the work of the Conference as soon as possible thereafter;

Calls upon all parties to the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water 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;

Urges all States, especially those nuclear-weapon States which have not yet done so, to adhere to the Treaty;

Recommends that arrangements should be made to ensure the fullest possible participation of non-governmental organizations in the Amendment Conference;

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;

3/ РТВТ/CONF/13/Rev.1.

4/ Ibid., para.26.

StreBBBB once again the importance of ensuring adequate coordination among the various negotiating forums dealing with a compreheneive nucleartest-ban treaty;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-seventh 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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