United Nations Disarmament Information Programme

A/RES/53/78[E]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 72a United Nations Disarmament Information Programme and 72 Review of the implementation of the concluding document of the 12th special session of the General Assembly, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 1997–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/69

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/69	United Nations Disarmament Information Programme	677	88%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/87	United Nations Disarmament Information Programme	743	95%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/80	United Nations Disarmament Information Programme	716	98%Compare
2018	A/RES/73/79	United Nations Disarmament Information Programme	710	98%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/74	United Nations Disarmament Information Programme	703	98%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

12 reports · 2000–2024

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2024	A/79/98	United Nations Disarmament Information Programme report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/87
2022	A/77/115	United Nations Disarmament Information Programme report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/80
2020	A/75/122	United Nations Disarmament Information Programme report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/79
2018	A/73/120	United Nations Disarmament Information Programme report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/74
2016	A/71/153	United Nations Disarmament Information Programme report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/71

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Arms Limitation Budget Contributions Disarmament Disarmament Education Disarmament Negotiations Educational Institutions Information Centres Information Dissemination Information Exchange Non-Governmental Organizations

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

A/RES/53/78 [E]

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Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme;10

Commends the Secretary-General for his efforts to make effective use of the limited resources available to him in disseminating as widely as possible information on arms limitation and disarmament to Governments, the media, non-governmental organizations, educational communities and research institutes, and in carrying out a seminar and conference programme;

Stresses the importance of the Programme, as a significant instrument in enabling all Member States to participate fully in the deliberations and negotiations on disarmament in the various United Nations bodies, and in assisting them in complying with treaties, as required, and in contributing to agreed mechanisms for transparency;

Notes with appreciation the contributions to the efforts of the Programme by the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat and the information centres;

Recommends that the Programme focus its efforts:

To inform, to educate and to generate public understanding of the importance of multilateral action and support for it, including action by the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament, in the field of arms limitation and disarmament, in a factual, balanced and objective manner, particularly through the publication in all official languages of The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook and updates of the Status of Multilateral Arms Regulation and Disarmament Agreements, and ad hoc publications, and through the Home Page on the Internet of the Department for Disarmament Affairs and other outreach activities, such as the film entitled Messenger of Peace;

To facilitate unimpeded access to and an exchange of information on ideas between the public sector and public interest groups and organizations, and to provide an independent source of balanced and factual information that takes into account a range of views to help further an informed debate on arms limitation, disarmament and security;

To organize meetings to facilitate exchange of views and information between governmental and non-governmental sectors and between governmental and other experts in order to facilitate the search for common ground;

Emphasizes the importance of contributions to the Voluntary Trust Fund for the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme to sustain a strong outreach programme, and invites all Member States to make contributions to the Fund;

Commends the Secretary-General for supporting the efforts of universities, other academic institutions and non-governmental organizations active in the education field in widening the worldwide availability of disarmament education, and invites him to continue to support and cooperate with educational institutions and non-governmental organizations engaged in such efforts, without cost to the regular budget of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session a report covering both the implementation of the activities of the Programme by the United Nations system during the previous two years and the activities of the Programme contemplated by the system for the following two years;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled “United Nations Disarmament Information Programme”.

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