Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons

A/RES/51/45[M]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 71k Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1997–1998

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/52/38[O]

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1998	A/RES/52/38[O]	Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons	—	—
1997	A/RES/51/45[M]	Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Advisory Opinions Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Nuclear Disarmament

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

A/RES/51/45 [M]

M

Expresses its appreciation to the International Court of Justice for responding to the request made by the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session;

Takes note of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, issued on 8 July 1996;

Underlines the unanimous conclusion of the Court that there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control;

Calls upon all States to fulfil that obligation immediately by commencing multilateral negotiations in 1997 leading to an early conclusion of a nuclear-weapons convention prohibiting the development, production, testing, deployment, stockpiling, transfer, threat or use of nuclear weapons and providing for their elimination;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary assistance to support the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session an item entitled "Follow-up to the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons".

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What other versions does this mandate have?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

M

Table of contents