Review and Implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly Resolutions

A/RES/48/76[B]View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 72b Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons, published in 1994.

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/25	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	4,398	–
2000	A/RES/54/55	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	4,174	–
1999	A/RES/53/78(A-G)	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	4,179	–
1997	A/RES/52/39	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	2,605	–
1997	A/RES/51/46	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th special session of the General Assembly	4,051	–

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A/RES/48/76 [B]

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Reiterates its request to the Conference on Disarmament to commence negotiations, as a matter of priority, in order to reach agreement on an international convention prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons under any circumstances, taking as a possible basis the draft Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons annexed to the present resolution;

Resolution S-10/2.

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to report to the General Assembly on the results of those negotiations.

DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

The States Parties to this Convention,

Alarmed by the threat to the very survival of mankind posed by the existence of nuclear weapons,

Convinced that any use of nuclear weapons constitutes a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and a crime against humanity,

Convinced also that this Convention would be a step towards the complete elimination of nuclear weapons leading to general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control,

Determined to continue negotiations for the achievement of this goal,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

The States Parties to this Convention solemnly undertake not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons under any circumstances.

Article 2

This Convention shall be of unlimited duration.

Article 3

This Convention shall be open to all States for signature. Any State that does not sign the Convention before its entry into force in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article may accede to it at any time.

This Convention shall be subject to ratification by signatory States. Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

This Convention shall enter into force on the deposit of instruments of ratification by twenty-five Governments, including the Governments of the five nuclear-weapon States, in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article.

For States whose instruments of ratification or accession are deposited after the entry into force of the Convention, it shall enter into force on the date of the deposit of their instruments of ratification or accession.

The depositary shall promptly inform all signatory and acceding States of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession and the date of the entry into force of this Convention, as well as of the receipt of other notices.

This Convention shall be registered by the depositary in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

Article 4

This Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send duly certified copies thereof to the Government of the signatory and acceding States.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention, opened for signature at __________ on the __________ day of __________ one thousand nine hundred and __________.

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