The Role of Science and Technology in the Contect of International Security, Disarmament and Other Related Fields

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 55Role of science and technology in the context of international security, disarmament and other related fields, published in 1994.

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 topics

Disarmament Guidelines Information Exchange International Security Know-How Military Applications Military Technology Science and Technology Scientific Cooperation Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation Technology Transfer

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs

Affirms that scientific and technological achievements should be used for the benefit of all mankind to promote the sustainable economic and social development of all States and to safeguard international security, and that international cooperation in the use of science and technology through the transfer and exchange of technological know-how for peaceful purposes should be promoted;

Invites Member States to undertake additional efforts to apply science and technology for disarmament-related purposes and to make disarmament-related technologies available to interested States;

Recommends that Member States adopt and implement national measures, consistent with international law, regulating the transfer of high technology with military applications in order to seek to ensure that such transfers do not undermine international peace and security and that access is not denied to high-technology products, services and know-how for peaceful purposes;

Also invites Member States to widen multilateral dialogue, seeking universally acceptable norms and guidelines that would regulate international transfers of high technology with military applications;

Encourages the United Nations to contribute, within existing mandates, to promoting the application of science and technology for peaceful purposes;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session the item entitled "The role of science and technology in the context of international security, disarmament and other related fields".

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