Bilateral Nuclear Arms Negotiations and Nuclear Disarmament

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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 71 General and complete disarmament, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1997–1999

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/53/77[Z]

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1999	A/RES/53/77[Z]	Bilateral nuclear arms negotiations and nuclear disarmament	—	—
1998	A/RES/52/38[M]	Bilateral nuclear arms negotiations and nuclear disarmament	—	—
1997	A/RES/51/45[R]	Bilateral nuclear arms negotiations and nuclear disarmament	—	—
1997	A/RES/51/45[I]	Bilateral nuclear arms negotiations and nuclear disarmament	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Arms Limitation Belarus Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Information Exchange Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Kazakhstan Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Non-Proliferation Russian Federation Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Strategic Nuclear Weapons Systems Ukraine United States Ussr Weapons Destruction

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

A/RES/51/45 [R]

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Welcomes the entry into force of the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms,23 signed in Moscow on 31 July 1991 by the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, including the Protocol to that Treaty, signed at Lisbon on 23 May 1992 by the parties thereto, and the exchange of documents of ratification between the United States of America, Belarus, Kazakstan, the Russian Federation and Ukraine on 5 December 1994 at Budapest;

Also welcomes the signing of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms24 in Moscow on 3 January 1993, and urges the parties to take the steps necessary to bring that Treaty into force at the earliest possible date;

Expresses its satisfaction at the entry into force and ongoing implementation of the 1991 Treaty as well as the ratification by the United States of America of the 1993 Treaty, and expresses the hope that it will soon be possible for the Russian Federation to ratify that Treaty also;

Expresses further satisfaction at the continuing 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,33 in particular at the completion by the parties of the destruction of all their declared missiles subject to elimination under the Treaty;

Welcomes the removal of all nuclear weapons from the territory of Kazakstan as of 1 June 1995, and from the territory of Ukraine as of 1 June 1996;

Encourages the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Belarus, Kazakstan and Ukraine to continue their cooperative efforts aimed at eliminating nuclear weapons and strategic offensive arms on the basis of existing agreements, and welcomes the contributions that other States are making to such cooperation as well;

Welcomes the accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons27, of Belarus, Kazakstan and Ukraine as non-nuclear-weapon States, which thereby provided notable enhancement to the non-proliferation regime;

Encourages and supports the Russian Federation and the United States of America in their efforts to reduce their nuclear weapons and to continue to give those efforts the highest priority in order to contribute to the ultimate goal of eliminating those weapons;

Invites the Russian Federation and the United States of America to keep other States Members of the United Nations duly informed of progress in their discussions and in the implementation of their strategic offensive arms agreements and unilateral decisions.

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