Notea that, as a result of consultâtiona, a majority of States parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques have expressed their wish to convene the Second Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention in September 1992 and that, to that end, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as Depositary of the Convention, will hold consultations with the parties to the Convention with regard to questions relating to the Conference and its preparation, including the establishment of a preparatory committee for the Conference;
2
Requeststhe Secretary-General to render the necessary assistance and to provide such services, including summary records, as may be required -for the Second Review Conference and its preparation;
3
Also notes that arrangements for meeting the costs of the Second Review Conference and its preparation are to be made by the Conference.
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study on charting potential uses of resources allocated to military activities for civilian endeavours to protect the environment
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;
2
Reouests the Secretary-General to submit the report to the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development;
3
Also requeststhe Secretary-General to arrange for the reproduction of the study as a United Nations publication and to give it the widest possible distribution;
4
Commends the study to the attention of all Member States.
2/ A/46/364.
Relationehip between diBarmament and development
The General А в в е т Ы у .
Recalling the proviaiona of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Sesaion of the General АвветЫу 3/ related to the relationship between diBarmament and development,
Recalling alao the adoption on 11 September 1987 of the Final Document of the International Conference on the Relationship between Diearmament and Development, 4/
StresBing the growing importance of the relationship between diearmament and development in current international relations,
1
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General 5/ and actions undertaken in accordance with the Final Document of the International Conference on the Relationehip between Disarmament and Development;
2
ReguestB the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the International Conference; 6/
3
Also reouests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session;
4
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-seventh session the item entitled "Relationship between disarmament and development".
Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes
1
Requeststhe Conference on Disarmament, under the item entitled "Nuclear weapons in all aspects", to continue to pursue its consideration of the question of adequately verified cessation and prohibition of the productiort of fissionable material for nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices and to keep the General Assembly informed of the progress of that consideration;
2
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-seventh session the item entitled "Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes".
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1/ See Official Records of the General Assembly. Forty-sixth Session. S4BPle|pent..jj
8/ Ibid., sect. III.A and B.
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Prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of radiological weapons
1
Takes note of the part of the report of the Conference on Disarmeunent on its 1991 session that deals with the question of radiological weapons, in particular the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Radiological Weapons; 9/
2
Recognizes that in 1991 the Ad Hoc Committee made a further contribution to the clarification and better understanding of different approaches that continue to exist with regard to both of the important matters under consideration;
3
Takes note also of the recommendation of the Conference on Disarmament that the Ad Hoc Committee on Radiological Weapons should be re established at the beginning of its 1992 session;
4
ReguestB the Conference on Diearmament to continue its substantive negotiation on the subject with a view to the prompt conclusion of its work,
taking into account all proposals presented to the Conference to this end and drawing upon the annexes to the report of the Ad Hoc Committee as a basis of its future work, the result of which should be submitted to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session;
5
Requeststhe Secretary-General to transmit to the Conference on Disarmament all relevant documents relating to the discussion of all aspects of the issue by the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session;
6
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-seventh session the item entitled "Prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of radiological weapons".
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1
Reaffirms that the regional approach to disarmament is one of the essential elements in the global process of disarmament;
2
Is convinced of the importance and effectiveness of regional disarmament measures taken at the initiative of States of the region and with the participation of all States concerned and taking into account the specific characteristics of each region, in that they can contribute to the security and stability of all States, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and in compliance with international law and existing treaties;
3
Stresses the importance of confidence-building measures in ensuring the success of this process;
4
Notes with satisfaction the important progress made in various regions of the world through the conclusion of peace, security and cooperation agreements and following from the implementation of measures intended to enhance confidence in the fields of political, economic and military
cooperation;
5
Affirme- that regional and subregional agreements on arms control and disarmament can contribute to the peaceful settlement of disputes and conflicts;
6
Recognizes the useful role played by the regional centres of the United Nations;
7
EncouragesStates of the same region to examine the possibility of creating, on their own initiative, regional mechanisms and/or institutions for the establishment of measures in the framework of an effort of regional disarmeunent or for the prevention and the peaceful settlement of disputes and conflicts with the assistance, if requested, of the United Nations;
8
Stresses that confidence-building measures, including objective information on military activities and capabilities, are essential to the promotion of arms control and disarmament at the regional level;
.
9
Believes that regional initiatives should enjoy the support of all States of the region concerned and the respect of those outside that region;
10
Invitesand encourages all States to conclude, whenever possible, agreements on disarmament and confidence-building measures at the regional level.
Confidence- and security-building measures and conventional disarmament in Europe
1
Notes with satisfaction the progress achieved so far in the process of disarmament and the strengthening of confidence and security in Europe;
2
Welcomes the determination of the States signatories of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe fully to implement its provisions and the determination of all the States participating in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe fully to implement the provisions of the Vienna Document of the negotiations on confidence- and security-building measures, as well as the decision of these States to continue negotiations in these fields;
3
Invitesall States to consider the possibility of taking appropriate measures with a view to reducing the risk of confrontation and strengthening security, taking due account of their specific regional conditions.
H
1
Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the study on ways and means of promoting transparency in international transfers of conventional arms;
2
Calls upon all States to give high priority to eradicating the illicit trade in all kinds of weapons and military equipment, a most disturbing and dangerous phenomenon often associated with terrorism, drug trafficking, organized crime and mercenary and other destabilizing activities, and to take urgent action towards this end, as recommended in the study submitted by the Secretary-General;
3
UrgesMember States to exercise effective control over their weapons and military equipment and their arms imports and exports to prevent them from getting into the hands of parties engaged in the illicit arms trade;
4
Also urgesMember States to ensure that they have in place an adequate body of laws and administrative machinery for regulating and monitoring effectively their transfer of arms, to strengthen or adopt strict measures for their enforcement, and to cooperate at the international, regional and subregional levels to harmonize, where appropriate, relevant laws, regulations and administrative procedures as well as their enforcement measures, with the goal of eradicating the illicit arms trade as stated in the recommendations in the study 2£/;
.
,
5
InvitesMember States to provide the Secretary-General with relevant information on their national legislation and/or regulations on arms exports.
11/ A/46/301, annex.
12/ Ibid., paras. 161-165.
importe and procurement, and administrative procedures, as regards both authorization of arms transfers and prevention of the illicit arms trade;
6
Calls upon affected States to provide the Secretary-General, in accordance with national judicial procedures, information regarding arms and military equipment, seized by authorities, destined for the use of terrorists, drug traffickers and organized crime and for mercenary and other destabilizing activities, when this would assist the eradication of the illicit arms trade;
7
Reoueats the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements to make available for consultation by Member States the information referred to in paragraph 5 above, and to publish the information provided in connection with paragraph 6 above;
8
Also requeststhe Secretary-General to assist, upon request and within available resources, in holding meetings and seminars at the national, regional and international levels, as pertinent, with a view to:
a
Promoting the concept of transparency as a confidence-building measure;
b
Increasing the awareness of the destructive and destabilizing effects of the illicit traffic in arms and to exploring ways and means for its eradication;
(Ç)
Promoting the development of internationally harmonized laws and administrative procedures relating to official arms procurement and arms transfer policies;
d
Promoting regional and international efforts to eradicate the illicit traffic in arms and providing advisory assistance to Member States, when so requested, on measures for enforcement of relevant rules and administrative procedures as recommended in the study, with e view to, inter alia, facilitating cooperation between Member States in the training of their customs and other appropriate officials;
9
Further requeststhe Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session on progress made in implementing the present resolution;
10
Requeststhe Disarmament Commission, at its organizational seseion in 1992, to consider including the issue of international arms transfers in the agenda of its substantive session in 1993;
11
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-seventh session the item entitled "International arms transfers".
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Regional disarmament
1
Stresses that sustained efforts are needed, within the framework of the Conference on Disarmament and under the umbrella of the United Nations, to make progress on the entire range of disarmament issues;
2
Affirms that global and regional approaches to disarmament complement each other and should therefore be pursued simultaneously to prcMBote regional and international peace and security;
3
Calls uvon States to conclude agreements, wherever possible, for nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament and confidence-building measures at regional and subregional levels;
4
Welcomes the initiatives towards disarmament, nuclear non proliferation and security undertaken by some countries at the regional and subregional levels;
5
Supporta and encouragea efforts aimed at promoting confidencebuilding measures at regional and subregional levels in order to ease regional tensions and to further disarmcunent and nuclear non-proliferation measures at regional and subregional levels;
6
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-seventh session the item entitled "Regional disarmament".
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations
1
Expresses its satisfaction at the continued implementation of the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, 13,/ in particular at the completion by both parties of the destruction of all their declared missiles subject to elimination under the Treaty;
2
Welcomes the signing of the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms by the President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the President of the United States of America in Moscow on 31 July 1991;
3
Also welcomes the unilateral decision announced by the President of the United States of America on 27 September 1991 significantly to reduce the size and nature of United States nuclear deployments worldwide and to enhance stability, as well as the similar steps announced by the President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 5 October 1991, in response to that decision;
4
Recalls the stated intention of the two Governments concerned to intensify, following the signature of the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, further negotiations on other issues, in particular on preventing an arms race in space and achieving a comprehensive nuclear-test ban;
5
Encouragesand supports the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America in their efforts to reduce their nuclear armaments and to give future negotiations the highest priority;
6
Invitesthe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America to keep other Members of the United Nations duly informed of progress in their negotiations.
13/ The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 12:
1987 (United Nations publication. Sales No. E.88.IX.2), appendix VII.
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Prohibition of the dumping of radioactive wastes
16/:
1
Takes note of the part of the report of the Conference on Disarmament relating to a future convention on the prohibition of radiological weapons; 20/
2
Expresses grave concern regarding any use of nuclear wastes that would constitute radiological warfare and have grave Implications for the national security of all States;
3
Calls upon all States to take appropriate measures with a view to preventing any dumping of nuclear or radioactive wastes that would infringe upon the sovereignty of States;
4
Reguests the Conference on Disarmament to take into account, in the ongoing negotiations for a convention on the prohibition of radiological weapons, radioactive wastes as part of the scope of such a convention;
5
Also reouests the Conference on Disarmament to intensify efforts towards an early conclusion of such a convention and to include in its report to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session the progress recorded in the ongoing negotiations on this subject;
6
Takes note of resolution CM/Res.l356 (LIV) of 1991, adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, on the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import of Hazardous Wastes into Africa and on the Control of Their Transboundary Movements within Africa;
7
Expresses the hope that the effective implementation of the International Atomic Energy Agency Code of Practice on the International Transboundary Movement of Radioactive Waste will enhance the protection of all States from the dumping of radioactive wastes on their territories;
8
Reguests the International Atomic Energy Agency to continue keeping the subject under active review, including the desirability of concluding a legally binding instrument in this field;
9
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-eeventh session the item entitled "Prohibition of the dumping of radioactive wastes".
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Transparency in armaments
1
Recognizes that an increased level of openness and transparency in the field of armaments would enhance confidence, promote stability, help States to exercise restraint, ease tensions and strengthen regional and international peace and security;
2
Declares its determination to prevent the excessive and destabilizing accumulation of arms, including conventional arms, in order to promote stability and strengthen regional or international peace and security,
taking into account the legitimate security needs of States and the principle of undiminished security at the lowest possible level of armaments;
3
Reaffirms the inherent right to individual or collective self defence recognized in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, which implies that States also have the right to acquire arms with which to defend themselves;
4
Reiterates its conviction, as expressed in its resolution 43/75 I, that arms transfers in all their aspects deserve serious consideration by the international community, inter alia, because of:
a
Their potential effects in further destabilizing areas where tension and regional conflict threaten international peace and security and national security;
b
Their potentially negative effects on the progress of the peaceful social and economic development of all peoples;
(Ç) The danger of increasing illicit and covert arms trafficking;
5
Calls игюп all Member States to exercise due restraint in exports and imports of conventional arms, particularly in situations of tension or conflict, and to ensure that they have in place an adequate body of laws and administrative procedures regarding the transfer of arms and to adopt strict measures for their enforcement;
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6
Ехргеввее its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his study on ways and means of promoting transparency in international transfers of conventional arms, which aleo addressed the problem of the illicit arms trade;
7
RequeatB the Secretary-General to establish and maintain at United Nations Headquarters in New York a universal and non-discriminatory Register of Conventional Arms, to include data on international arms transfers as well as information provided by Member States on military holdings, procurement through national production and relevant policies, as set out in paragraph 10 below and in accordance with procedures and input requirements initially ' comprising those set out in the annex to the present resolution and subsequently incorporating any adjustments to the annex decided upon by the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session in the light of the recommendations of the panel referred to in paragraph 8 below;
8
Aleo reguests the Secretary-General, with the assistance of a panel of governmental technical experts to be nominated by him on the basis of equitable geographical representation, to elaborate the technical procedures and to make any adjustments to the annex to the present resolution necessary for the effective operation of the Register, and to prepare a report on the modalities for early expansion of the scope of the Register by the addition of
further categories of equipment and inclusion of data on military holdings and procurement through national production, and to rejrart to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session;
9
Calls upon all Member States to provide annually for the Register data on imports and exports of arms in accordance with the procedures established by paragraphs 7 and 8 above;
10
InvitesMember States, pending the expansion of the Register, also to provide to the Secretary-General, with their annual report on imports and exports of arms, available background information regarding their military holdings, procurement through national production and relevant policies, and requests the Secretary-General to record this material and to make it available for consultation by Member States at their request;
11
Decides, with a view to future expansion, to keep the scope of and the participation in the Register under review, and, to this end:
a
Invites Member States to provide the Secretary-General with their views, not later than 30 April 1994, on;
i
The operation of the Register during its first two years;
ii
The addition of further categories of equipment and the elaboration of the Register to include military holdings and procurement through national production;
b
Reguests the Secretary-General, with the assistance of a group of governmental experts convened in 1994 on the basis of equitable geographical representation, to prepare a report on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development, taking into account the work of the Conference on Disarmament as set forth in paragraphs 12 to 15 below and the views expressed by Member States, for submission to the General Assembly with a view to a decision at its forty-ninth session;
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12
Requeststhe Conference on Disarmament to address, as soon as possible, the question of the interrelated aspects of the excessive and destabilizing accumulation of arms, including military holdings and procurement through national production, and to elaborate universal and nondiscriminatory practical means to increase openness and transparency in this field;
13
Also requeststhe Conference on Disarmament to address the problems of, and the elaboration of practical means to increase, openness and transparency related to the transfer of high technology with military applications and to weapons of mass destruction, in accordance with existing legal instruments;
14
Invitesthe Secretary-General to provide to the Conference on Disarmament all relevant information, including, inter alia, views submitted to him by Member States and information provided under the United Nations system for the standardized reporting of military expenditures, as well as on the work of the Disarmament Commission under its agenda item entitled "Objective information on military matters";
15
Further requeststhe Conference on Disarmzunent to include in its annual report to the General Assembly a report on its work on this issue;
16
Invitesall Member States, in the meantime, to take measures on a national, regional and global basis, including within the appropriate forums, to promote openness and transparency in armaments;
17
Calls upon all Member States to cooperate at a regional and subregional level, taking fully into account the specific conditions prevailing in the region or subregion, with a view to enhancing and coordinating international efforts aimed at increased openness and transparency in armaments;
18
Also invitesall Member States to inform the Secretary-General of their national arms import and export policies, legislation and administrative procedures, both as regards authorization of arms transfers and prevention of illicit transfers;
19
Recniests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session on progress made in implementing the present resolution, including relevant information provided by Member States;
20
Notes that effective implementation of the present resolution will require an up-to-date database system in the Department for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat;
21
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-seventh session an item entitled "Transparency in armaments".
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Reoister of Conventional Arms
1
The Register of Conventional Arms ("the Register") shall be established, with effect from 1 January 1992, and maintained at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New Yor)c.
2
Concerning international arms transfers:
(â)
Member States are requested to provide data for the Register, addressed to the Secretary-General, on'the number of items in the following categories of equipment imported into or exported from their territory;
Battle tan)cB ■
A tracked or wheeled self-propelled armoured fighting vehicle with high cross-country mobility and a high level of self-protection,
weighing at least 16.5 metric tonnes unladen weight, with a high muzzle velocity direct fire main gun of at least 75 millimetres calibre.
Armoured combat vehicles
A tracked or wheeled self-propelled vehicle, with armoured protection and cross-country capability, either:
a
designed and equipped to transport a squad of four or more infantrymen, or (^) armed with an integral or organic weapon of at least 20 millimetres calibre or an anti-tank missile launcher.
Large calibre artillery svstems
A gun, howitzer, artillery piece combining the characteristics of a gun and a howitzer, mortar or multiple-launch rocket system, capable of engaging surface targets by deliyering primarily indirect fire,
with a calibre of 100 millimetres and aboye.
Combat aircraft
A fixed-wing or yariable-geometry wing aircraft armed and equipped to engage targets by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets,
bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction.
Attack helicopters
A rotary-wing aircraft equipped to employ anti-armour,
air-to-ground, or air-to-air guided weapons and equipped with an integrated fire control and aiming system for these weapons.
Warships
A yessel or submarine with a standard displacement of 850 metric tonnes or above, armed or equipped for military use.
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Missiles or missile avstems
A guided rocket, ballistic or cruise missile capable of delivering a
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payload to a range of at least 25 kilometres, or a vehicle,
apparatus or device designed or modified for launching such munitions.
.
b
Data on imports provided under the present paragraph shall also specify the supplying State; data on exports shall also specify the recipient state and the State of origin if not the exporting State;
(Ç)
Each Member State is requested to provide data on an annual basis by 30 April each year in respect of imports into and exports from their territory in the previous calendar year;
d
The first such registration shall take place by 30 April 1993 in respect of the calendar year 1992;
e
The data so provided shall be recorded in respect of each Member State;
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Arms "exports and imports" represent in the present resolution, including its annex, all forma of arms transfers under terms of grant, credit, barter or cash.
3
Concerning other interrelated information:
a
Member States are invited also to provide to the Secretary-General available background information regarding their military holdings, procurement through national production, and relevant policies;
b
The information so provided shall be recorded in respect of each Member State.
4
The Register shall be open for consultation by representatives of Member States at any time.
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5
In addition, the Secretary-General shall provide annually a consolidated report to the General Assembly of the data registered, together with an index of the other interrelated information.
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